Most creative exercises are performed alone. We pour heart and soul into our art and hope it’s good enough. So, when it comes time to release our darlings the thought can be daunting. Our darlings are perfect and precious, and others may be harsh critics. We can internalize a judgment of our work and construe it as a judgment of ourselves. If we are lucky, we have a host of family and friends to bolster us when we doubt and encourage us when we want to quit.
Who is on your cheer squad? Who encourages you to “go on”?
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Jo Hawk 
i think i am my best cheerleader! but the writing community is also very encouraging, i don’t think i would have come this far without the love and support from the writers and bloggers I have met either here on WP or in my physical world. i love your thoughts here today.
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It is great to have confidence in yourself, but it is good to have cheerleaders for those day when doubt seeps in as it sometimes does. 👍
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yes it does, we need both, always a balance in life, too much of one and we may be an egotistical maniac too or too dependent. life lessons teach only when we are open to learning. I am really enjoying your daily quotes and reflections, sometimes I don’t get to it first thing but when I do it’s very helpful in my day.
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That is good to know. As I said they were a good way to start my day, and I missed them. I hope the quotes will help others.
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