On Friday, we launched
our sailboat for the season. Everything went perfectly—unlike last year, when
we battled high winds and put a scratch in the fiberglass before we got Freizeit under control. This year could
have gone the same way if we hadn’t been flexible.
The marina scheduled our
launch for early Saturday morning, and neither Roland nor I was thrilled. But
when Roland was preparing the boat, he got into a conversation with another owner
who was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Friday. The other owner had to be out of
town that day, so Roland switched with him.
That was fortunate for
us. This year we launched in light winds and, as I said above, everything went
perfectly. I hope the other boat had an easy launch, too, but that may not have
been the case. The winds picked up on Saturday and the clouds cried with those
unfortunate enough to put their boats in then. We were grateful that we had the
flexibility to do it on Friday.
My writing life is like
that, too. I need to be flexible enough to write in the calm periods, even when
that’s not what I had originally planned. If I wait until I my scheduled times,
I may discover that the light winds have turned into a gale. Maybe my brother
is called into work and can’t take my mother to her dentist appointment—so I
have to do it. Or my daughter pulls the television down on her head and I find
myself rushing her to the doctor. (Okay, that was almost thirty years ago, but
you get the point.)
So be ready to write
whenever you can. It may be your best opportunity.
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