"Be Ready"

My publisher emailed me the other day.

....yes, I really did just use the words {my + publisher}... whoo!

She told me that she had put me in her best editor's queue and to "be ready" for when she contacted me.

"Be ready."

I freaked out a tiny bit.

"Be ready."

I'm certain she meant: Be ready to work, Be ready to learn, Be ready to get your editing pants on!

But my mind whirled for a bit.

"Be ready."

Yikes!

And I thought: I hope I can do this. Please let me be smart enough, strong enough, to somehow have enough time in the day to do everything I need to + edit! How can I make myself more ready??

Run a marathon!!-- err, being immobile probably wouldn't help me to "be ready".

Finally... after a day or two or four...

I realized, to "be ready" all I can do, is keep doing what I have been doing.

And I think that's true for every aspect of life.

 

On a more serious note, I had a dear friend lose her 36 year old husband less than a week ago.

How can you "be ready" for something like that?

You can't.

All you can do is live your life, the best you can.

Day by day.

Good things. Bad things. They're all gonna come and go. The only way to "be ready" for them, I think, is to do your best each and every day. And when you know better, do better. --I heard that last line from Dr. Phil... I can't take credit for it. But I like it, a lot.

Do your best.

And when you know better do better.

And then...

You'll be ready.