It's All Relative

I have a small collection of blog ideas that I look at when I don't know what to write. Usually, a post just pops into my head, and I start writing. Somehow, through all the rambling, it comes to a conclusion. Today, none of my brainstorming is working.

I don't know how the rest of you writers do it, but for me, once an idea pops into the forefront, there is no avoiding it. That idea has to make its way to paper, no matter what. I have just such an idea right now, except that it's not my story to tell, and I'm not writing it.

The thing is, I don't have writer's block, it's more of an idea blocking my writing. It's sort of like a downed tree in the middle of my idea road. You can't go over, under, or around in your vehicle, so you just need to wait for it to be cleared. The question is, how long will that take? Who knows? Or, turn around and go back to where you started.

Now, you're probably saying, “Just write it, but don't publish it.” For me, it doesn't work that way. It's not out of my head until I click publish. I wish it were that easy, but, here I sit, writing about not writing about what I really want to write about.

But isn't life that way, too? You have one thing in mind, then along comes a sick kid/car trouble/leaky faucet/blizzard, and plans change. You have an agenda, a honey-do list, and for whatever reason, you're sidelined, sidetracked, or just unable to complete what you wanted.

Life with MS is just like life without MS in many ways. We face the same external roadblocks you face. We just have internal roadblocks to deal with as well. But we Emessers aren't the only ones who deal with internal problems. I believe everyone has something on their plate, and it's not my place to trivialize someone else's problems. My problems are trivial compared to other people's, so it's all relative.