Day 18: A time when you felt passionate and alive + Day 19: A talent of yours

Whenever something happens "just like in a book".  I'm a creature of habit and favorite haunts; most of the time this is a good thing, but anything remotely like an adventure is a big deal to me.  The best ones are the little (safe) adventures that break up daily routine.

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Talent...writing!  Apart from fiction, also essays, business/tech communication, and the like.  Ironically, my non-fiction writing has met with more personal success than my fiction.  But that's ok.

Olorius wrote a great post on his blog about talent--how, even if you think your talents seem inconsequential, God has given them to you so that you would put them to good use, for His glory.  In the same vein, I know I personally can get so swept up in the thoughts of "Why is this skill of mine so ineffective?", that I forget how He gives me many opportunities to use my talents, if not in the way I planned or expected.  And the most seemingly random opportunities can be much more effective than (and just as rewarding as) my laborious plans.