It’s 2:33 AM in the middle of the night when I start jotting down these thoughts.

Or it could be considered early morning.
I have a journal entry in my head I want to type down.
I want to make it public for some reason and so I am, cause I can.

Everybody has dreams and goals and I want to sort out what they are in my mind so maybe I might actually accomplish them.
When I’m not doing the things I am required to in my state of life…

Going to Work at a job I like well enough but don’t fell energetic about. I do like helping the elderly but I don’t like staying late to do the dishes.
Loving and maintaining a romantic dynamic Catholic relationship with my wife where I continue to make new memochancries (memories) with her.
Loving and maintaining a relationship with God where I grow in love, faith and hope.

I like to research topics and then write about them in my Patheos Catholic Blog called The Catholic Bard.
Somehow that word memochancries was typoed in and it seemed such a peculiar interesting kind of word, so I decided to keep it.
I have been given a golden opportunity to be somewhat of a professional sort of writer with a potential for an audience I wouldn’t have had if I wasn’t on a major blog portal. Is this God’s will that I do this?

I could concentrate more on…

Helping find ways to help the poor especially in regions like Africa.

Joseph, Denis and Mercy are 3 orphaned children who have suffered abuse and neglect which has resulted in severe skin injuries. Mercy has burn injuries too graphic for photos, and the other two have skin damage so bad, bones are exposed. Doctors assure that if care is not given ASAP, their conditions could worsen into skin cancer.

Please help donate towards the urgent medical treatment of these 3 children so that they can be restored to health, and begin healing physically, emotionally, and mentally.

I am connected with the orphanage leader, and will transfer funds directly to him from GoFundme.

Fundraiser by Mariam Sarkessian : Abused Children Need Urgent Medical Care (gofundme.com)

As of this writing…$2,740 raised of $7,210 goal

Spend more time in contemplative prayer.
Look for a different job that allows me to actually get involved in my church’s local activities. I will most likely never get involved with church activities working the hours I do which includes the commute time it takes to get to work.
Work on re-establishing friendships that I once had. Maybe make new ones. I feel distant from good friends and maintaining them when once I was very passionate about it.

But yet I feel a desire and yearning to write.
So I do.
I also want to accomplish these other things and more.
Is this the right move for me?

It’s Now 3:02 AM

Besides doing these things I would like to….

Re-establish my videomaking skills I once had and worked on so diligently and persistently.
Make podcasts.
Write a book.
Take some courses at Word on Fire Institute and Masterclass.
Read Great Catholic Spiritual books and live out the virtues in them.

When we stand before God he’s going to tell us if we feed Him or gave Him drink. I want to make sure that is a priority.

“In the twilight of life we will be judged on our love for, closeness to and tenderness towards our brothers and sisters. If we truly love them, we will be willing to share with them what is most precious to us, Jesus himself and his Gospel.”-Pope Francis

Here is some good writing advice for myself and all writers.

But until God tells me otherwise I will continue to write and will try to expand it and work on these goals and the other goals I know that are part of my duties as a committed follower of Jesus Christ, a beloved child of the Trinity, an ambassador for Christ, a loving husband, father, friend, brother, culinary aide and Patheos Catholic Blog writer.

It is 3:31 AM when I am finishing this up.

It’s 7:34 AM when I add a few more thoughts.

Whether I write or not
When I die I want to remembered as someone who
Loved God and Neighbor.
I want to be Catholic to my core..
Here are some prayers of my heart.

Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ

For all the benefits Thou hast given me,
For all the pains and insults Thou hast borne for me.
O most merciful Redeemer, friend and brother,
May I know Thee more clearly,
Love Thee more dearly,
Follow Thee more nearly.
-St. Richard of Chichester ‘
Godspell’s “Day by Day” was written by a 13th-century Catholic saint (aleteia.org)

God, grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change…
Courage to change the things I can,
And Wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will.
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.

Kindle in our hearts the fire of your love.

In another post I plan on listing some of writing goals for this blog and some other connected writing goals.

It is now 7:45 AM when I am finishing this on March 19,2023 on the 4th Sunday of Lent
Laetare Sunday on which we would normally be celebrating the feast of St. Joseph.

Till then here are some other thoughts on Writing
BCCT: Some Internet Writing Advice JANUARY 17, 2022
A Blank Catholic Writers Unfocused Mind FEBRUARY 17, 2022
The Rite of Right Writing MARCH 17, 2022
What Type(of)Writer Are You? APRIL 07, 2022
WRN # 17 Some Lessons on Writing JUNE 04, 2022
I will keep writing regardless of how many read me. SEPTEMBER 09, 2022