Firsts

There is so much pressure to write the FIRST blog post. What if what I write is stupid? What if it isn’t meaningful enough? What if I blow my first impression and no one ever wants to visit my blog again?

Do these sorts of thoughts keep you from doing things, too?

Six sentences in and I am still writing (and presumably you are still reading). I am here to tell you that whatever it is you are afraid of doing - be like Nike and just do it. If I had bought into those voices of doubt (they are liars, BTW) there would be no Walla Walla Flower Farm and that would be sad.

When I was little my cousin gave me Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends and I was introduced to Melinda Mae. At the end of every row in the flower farm is a quote or inspiration, and Melinda Mae (my mascot) lives at the end of row #1, so it is appropriate she appears in blog #1.

I will hit the ‘publish’ button in a moment, and now that I’m at the end of writing a few short paragraphs all of those silly fears in paragraph one have turned into excitement to introduce Melinda Mae. Come on, Friends! Whatever your heart is tugging at you to do… Remember Melinda Mae, be like Nike, and as we say in my family, punch it in the throat. The world will be better for it and so will you!