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<channel><title><![CDATA[Betty Boudreau&nbsp;&#8203;Vaughan - Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.bettyvaughan.com/blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blog]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:43:41 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Editing Your Life]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.bettyvaughan.com/blog/editing-your-life]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.bettyvaughan.com/blog/editing-your-life#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:43:17 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bettyvaughan.com/blog/editing-your-life</guid><description><![CDATA[I am a writer, which means I must be willing to be edited. &nbsp;I have to be humble and open-minded, willing to accept the changes that others would like to make to my work. &nbsp;I admit that I can't always see what would work best. &nbsp;And I must be able to take a deep breath, look critically at my work and edit my own work myself. &nbsp;I need to be brutal sometimes and to say good-bye to something I liked at the time, but now, it's clear, would bring the whole piece down.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbs [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:justify;"><ul><li>I am a writer, which means I must be willing to be edited. &nbsp;I have to be humble and open-minded, willing to accept the changes that others would like to make to my work. &nbsp;I admit that I can't always see what would work best. &nbsp;And I must be able to take a deep breath, look critically at my work and edit my own work myself. &nbsp;I need to be brutal sometimes and to say good-bye to something I liked at the time, but now, it's clear, would bring the whole piece down.</li><li>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; My life needs editing too. &nbsp;I must be humble about it, willing to lay it all at God's feet to bring it all to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to make the necessary cuts. &nbsp;Deep breaths are necessary here, too. &nbsp;Courage, too, and faith--faith that God knows what my life does and doesn't need to serve its greater purpose. &nbsp; &nbsp; <em>Author Unknown</em></li></ul></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>