{"id":2771,"date":"2018-02-24T07:43:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2018-02-23T22:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T03:08:03","slug":"gw4gp-whats-it-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/gw4gp-whats-it-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"GW4GP: What’s It All About?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever been in one of those moods where you’re evaluating your life and trying to make sense of things?<\/p>\n

Early last year I was in such a mood when I found myself driving through South Carolina and reflecting on what I do<\/strong>. I don’t recall what book I was listening to at the time\u00a0— something related to entrepreneurship — but part of it talked about developing a clear sense of mission: not at all unusual for a book like that, except that I was more in the mood to think about it than usual.<\/p>\n

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\n“My crystal ball is cracked, no magic images appear.” (Photo by Christopher Rinehart.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, on that trip I came to the conclusion that my mission, my vision, my purpose in life is to write Good Words, for Good People<\/strong>. I like to think that’s what I actually<\/em> do, but at the very least it’s what I want<\/em> to do, what I intend<\/em> to do.<\/p>\n

I know that I don’t write perfect<\/em> words. I don’t write anything like great words, or monumental words, or world-changing words. But I think I write good<\/em> words — whether they come in the form of stories or songs or ideas, whether you encounter them here on the blog or in my newsletter<\/a> or in a book or magazine or CD or speech.<\/p>\n

“Good” in that they are adequate to the task, usually well-suited to the occasion.<\/p>\n

Perhaps “good” in that they provide value for the investment of time and treasure.<\/p>\n

And hopefully “good” in the sense that they make the world, or some small part of it, a little better.<\/p>\n

I know sometimes I fail, and what I write is poor: poorly worded, poorly constructed, poorly thought. At other times, whether I succeed or fail will be … questionable. For instance, some things I write may challenge you, contradict you, even upset you, and you may assess them as being\u00a0poor while others assess them differently. That’s okay, because I can’t (and don’t) expect anyone to agree with me all the time — as I’ve written about before<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But from the perspective that I am trying to produce “good” words, I’m comfortable saying that<\/p>\n