I’m not a big sports fan, and the only baseball or football games I loved were those my grandsons played in. The national anthem was played and I noticed It roused emotions, even tears. And, I don’t even like most of the words like “bombs bursting in air.” I find it creepy.

But, the last line hits a home run, “Oh,say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave O’re the land of the free and the home of the brave?”. 

I could claim it is patriotism that moves me, but I get emotional over “God Save the Queen” as well. Of course, the music is grand, but it’s not just that. It is a reminder of all the people before us who worked to secure independence for us. I rather like being free.

There must have been days when they wanted to stay home, throw in the towel and give up. But, it seems on more days than not, they took the next step rusting in themselves and letting their faith carry them forward.

If you are working from home upstairs in a spare bedroom or on a laptop on the kitchen table—you’re unaware how the work you do will benefit others and yourself. You do it anyway, walking in faith.  If you are writing the greatest Novel ever or writing in your daily journal, do you hear the talk in your head that makes you feel anxious? Or wind up living with the Impostor syndrome?

The next time you find yourself doubting yourself whether it’s your business, your writing or something else entirely, I recommend you do this:

Find strength in a line in your own “anthem” that demonstrates to those who come after you that you had what it took to move forward in faith and trust. Walt Whitman wrote that everybody has a verse to sing in this world.

Do that and take the next step in your journey.

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” 

~ Wallace Stevens