so i wrote a book in 20 minutes...

i'm not joking.

how this book came about was as follows: my mom, sisters and i all went to a weekend-long summer Baha'i school in galesburg, IL. while we were there i was the assistant teacher of the youth class, but i participated in some of the activities as well.

one of the homework assignments the youth had to do was to take 5 minutes and write about someone they knew who had at some point given up on religion, and how they dealt with that, etc. well, i took about 20 minutes, and wrote a very short book (it's three notebook pages, handwritten). what i'm really hoping to do is be able to publish it through the Baha'i publishing trust (my best friend's mom is an editor there), and hopefully have it be made into a small book, directed at youth and junior youth.

i've enlisted the help of my sister katy for graphic design and artwork for the book, so it's definitely going to turn out awesome in that area. the only thing i'm slightly worried about is whether it will sell or not. i hope it does, not so that i will earn millions and billions of dollars, but so that people will have a different perspective on what faith is.

ah well, i suppose if it's meant to happen, then it will happen. just one of those things that you wish for, then leave to the care of God. :) and if you do that, things will fall into place exactly how they're supposed to. (they may not fall as you expect them, but things will fall.)

so for now, i suppose all i can do is pray. :) wish me luck!

so this is it, huh?

well hello. this is my first post on my first real blog. it should be exciting, so why isn't it? perhaps it is because i have posted so many times on an old livejournal that was read only by my two sisters (and not that frequently, for why should they read something when they can go directly to speak with the source?), and then later on my blog on myspace, which was really only read by my two sisters, my cousin, and perhaps one other person (occasionally).

so this is my first real blog. and i suppose another reason it isn't very exciting is because i really have nothing to write about. usually i don't have things to write about when i first sit down to post, but i can't think of anything this time. maybe it's because i've been working on-and-off on this post for the past few days... maybe it's because at the moment i'm not meant to write anything incredibly profound or anything... maybe it's just not the right time.

the only problem is that i really want to write something! perhaps i will describe my surroundings... no that's boring. maybe i should just end this post. but i want to write something! i think that's one of my personal issues that i have to work out - half of me rationalizes that there's no point in simply blabbing on and on and on about things that aren't relevant or that make no sense, but then the other side of me bangs my proverbial forehead with my proverbial hand and says, 'it doesn't matter! this is your creative outlet, and you need to exercise your mind every once in awhile, otherwise it will decaaaayyy...'

and that shuts my rational side up. but then it just happens again and again. i mean, i'm sure it happens to a lot of people, but it's one of those things you feel like it only a problem you have, that sort of thing.

oh! i just thought of something that i've been meaning to blog about for awhile, so maybe i'll put it in a separate post so that these don't get too long and tedious. yes, i think i'll do that. so for now, i will sign off, but hopefully i will post something that's a bit more meaningful...

hopefully.