Fascinated by What Frustrates You!
Now the next word is fascination.
Be fascinated with life and people and drama that is live and in color every day.
Cinemascope.
Fascination goes a little bit beyond interest.
Interested people want to know does it work.
Fascinated people want to know how does it work.
To be fascinated instead of frustrated.
It is just a little trick to play.
The next time you’re tempted to be frustrated, see if you can’t turn it into fascination.
Instead of a frown, it puts a smile on your face. Now sometimes you look a little weird, but so be it.
He says, “How can he smile?”
I don’t know.
He must be somebody different.
It is early Friday morning. The best time to write. This quote came into my life and it has inspired several thoughts. There is so much in Kuwait that you could get frustrated with. So much to learn, to try and understand. You could spend your days being frustrated with people, situations, the weather or traffic but wouldn’t it be more enjoyable to instead be fascinated by things. The things that fascinate me about Kuwait. Now there is the start of an article…
My other random question for the morning is do you start to write on the new idea, the inspiration that came to you, or do you finish up projects that are under-construction. If you think about it the only way things get done is when construction continues. Perhaps I need a system for this and perhaps it is a question best asked to my fellow writers of the world.
So on that note, good morning sunshines. I am glad we fascinate instead of frustrate each other. Thanks for the attention!
Good Stories and Interesting Words
I’ve been wrapped up in writing this new story. Not a travel story and not quite a people story but an interesting story. This story has made me think, made me laugh out loud, made me grumpy and made me grow. It is very, very interesting how this one story has had a life of its own. In fact it makes me think that the story behind the story is almost more interesting than the story itself!
It has a few more stages to go through but it is nice that this story has reached a new stage. Why now that I think about the next phases the story has to go through I do believe that the story behind the story is more interesting than the story itself.
There Has Been
There has been a lot of music in my life the last couple of weeks. The wonder of Christmas Music. The great iTunes gift from my parents. The mass amounts of downloaded Bon Jovi. Tonight there was no music. I wrote without music. Suddenly the sound of silence was actually a sound. What I mean is after there was so much music, when the music stopped the silence had a sound. A quiet gentle whisper. A sound that will always travel with me. No batteries, no power cord, no lap top required. Just a quiet gentle whisper. What a beautiful sound.
Kuwait City, KUWAIT
Christine Oastler is a freelance travel writer, teacher and artist, currently living in Mahboula, Kuwait. Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Christine obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Trent University and her Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Currently traveling around the Middle East she finds herself riding the odd camel and embracing a new culture!