{"id":1119,"date":"2015-06-29T02:14:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T02:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2015-06-29T02:14:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T02:14:24","slug":"jun-28-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2015\/06\/29\/jun-28-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 6-28-15 More to me."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.\u201d ~ Buddha<\/em><\/p>\n

Happy Sunday!<\/h2>\n

I made a decision earlier this week. I need to expand my blogging topics.\u00a0 This decision came from the work I realize that I must do to expand my platform as an author.
\nThe Writer\u2019s Workshop course material, offered by Hay House, has been so informative.\u00a0 I have written several times recently about \u2018platform\u2019 and how scary it is to think about opening myself up to an audience for my writing.\u00a0 I know if I am going to move forward with offering my book out into the world, with the intention that it inspires others to be seekers, that I have to be willing to offer who I am and what I have to say.
\nKris Carr was the expert in the coursework when it came to platform on the internet.\u00a0 She spoke of all the ways to use social media and how to network.\u00a0 She was asked if it was a good idea to share parts on your book on your blog \u2013 she answered yes!\u00a0 She said it was a great way to get feedback, to find out what her readers were interested in and what they were not.
\nThe big take away for me from what Kris said about her webpage and her readers is that she wanted a relationship with them.\u00a0 She welcomed them, conversed with them, and gave of herself.
\nI\u2019m not doing that.\u00a0 I have no readers but I have also not welcomed any readers.
\nThis made me think about what I could offer on my website going forward.\u00a0 I thought about how I could give background information on my book characters \u2013 provide the back story.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen JK Rowlings interviewed and she said she had volumes of note with details of characters, settings, spells, lots of background information she kept for herself to give depth to the storyline she presented in the books.
\nI have the idea to take a portion of my blog as a place where I can provide notes, descriptions, and my research on my characters and settings.
\nAs I thought of expanding my blog I thought of how to categorize my future book blogs from the Sunday spiritual blogs.\u00a0 The thought came to me that these categories are like my archetypes that I listed in my blog of 6-7-15.\u00a0 My spiritual writing is the \u2018Seeker\u2019 in me.\u00a0 My work on my book is the \u2018story teller\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0 This gave me the idea to consider my other archetypes to see if there are other parts of me that I can offer.
\nWhat came to mind immediately is the \u2018wounded healer\u2019 archetype.\u00a0 I have wanted for a very long time to write about my journey of healing from Ulcerative Colitis. I have good information to offer to others as well new natural healing methods that I make use of as my journey of well-being continues.
\nAm I pulling away from my spiritual journey just to fit in better?
\nI feel good about these ideas that are coming.\u00a0 I thought I would feel bad to shift my sole focus from my spiritual journey but I don\u2019t.\u00a0 I feel good.\u00a0 I realize that because I am alive in this physical form there is more to me than just my spiritual self.
\nI am (or have) a body.\u00a0 As each day passes and I grow more aware, I realize that it has its own intelligence.\u00a0 Just as all of nature has the innate intelligence to thrive and bring beauty, so does my body.\u00a0 It is my soul\u2019s creation in this physical realm, my greatest creation.\u00a0 My body can be the reflection of the well-being and the Love of my true Self if I just let it thrive.\u00a0 It knows how if I just listen and get out of the way.
\nI want to share what my wounded healer Self has to say.
\nWith this blog I have been sharing what my seeker \u201cSelf\u201d has experienced along the journey.
\nAnd, I want the world to hear what I have to share as my story teller Self.
\n(Will my other archetypes speak up in the future as well? I think so!)
\nThere is more to me that is worth sharing then just the spiritual journey of my seeker.\u00a0 The next step in the journey is always to be taken. I always knew it wasn\u2019t always going to be a journey traveled alone, I just didn\u2019t know how I was going to connect to others.\u00a0 The ways are being revealed.
\nThank you Lord.\u00a0 I\u2019ll keep stepping forward if you keep placing the ground beneath my feet.
\nAnd so it is.
\n\u201cLife is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.\u201d ~ Pope Francis<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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