Sometimes it’s tough. Sometimes is it plain tough to keep going. You set your eyes on the prize and you’re chugging away but in truth, it is tough keeping the momentum going; especially if you aren’t getting any feedback. Most of us can keep it up with either positive or negative feedback. Positive feedback is encouraging. Negative feedback just makes us want to work harder. No feedback is like working in a void where you can’t get any traction.
I have days like that. There are days when I haven’t heard from anyone in a while as to whether I am reaching anyone with my music or writing or anything else. There are days when I just want to shake someone and ask them if they have had time to listen to that last track I gave them or if they happened to read the last blog. But I don’t.
Because, you see, the problem is with me. When I started writing music it was a cathartic release for me. I really had no intention of ever making any money from it. It just gave me a way to express what I was feeling and thinking and then I was able to share that with others. Unfortunately, I don’t have an orchestra that I can drag around with me, so I pretty much have to give people digital music. Every once in a while a little light goes off and someone gets excited about what I am writing and that alone is enough to keep me chugging along.
In truth, God sent me down this path and I know that this is what He is wanting me to accomplish. Just at the moments I think about giving up, someone will pop up and say “I read that and it meant something special to me”, or “I listened to that last piece of music that you posted and it really moved me.” That is really all I need to stay motivated. God knows this and that is why He provides me with that encouragement.
Maybe you need a little encouragement as well. Well, I am here to tell you that you should feel encouraged. God has a perfect plan for what He needs you to accomplish and He will find ways to encourage you along the way, even when you feel it is helpless. Just listen for the whispers.