Starting a new venture can be a frightening thing and is definitely not for the faint at heart or those who aren’t able to accept that not everyone is going to love what they are presenting. One must be passionate and steadfast in their endeavor, have faith and most importantly know it will reach someone, somewhere...

When I started attribute I knew it wasn’t going to be everyone's cup of tea. Heck, I was overjoyed when the first traffic report came in and more than my best friend had found the site. As the months lead to years and I watched our online traffic grow I realized that yes, there were people out there who actually liked what we were putting out there. When we reached 100k visitors last year, I think I cried and did a little happy dance. In a little more than a year, with little (very little) promotion, an audience found us.

I have no clue who is reading us, though I do know where the traffic comes from and what countries we reach outside the U.S. I don’t know your names unless you email me or leave a comment, which does happen (thank you). I get a lot of registered spammers too and no, that does not excite me, not at the least. I wish they would stop finding the site (please).

What’s my point, you ask? Well it’s sort of threefold: On one hand, it’s pep talk to myself on many levels. Secondly, it’s encouragement to anyone out there, hesitant to follow their dreams and thirdly, this is my way of sorting through my thoughts about the future.

I am a person who doesn’t fear things such as jumping into a project with no clear picture of the outcome: I will walk right in and do it. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. There is always a lesson to learn, experience to gain or knowledge and wisdom obtained in the process; all things I will take into the next venture.

I believe that handing over control to God and letting Him lead the way, has really helped me come through some of my own trepidation and it doing so can do the same for you. Trust is a BIG word.

I presently have my hands in many pots...and those pots are boiling. I don’t let them sit stagnant and gather bacteria; I watch them closely, put energy into and pay attention to them, to the extent of being awoken during the night to get them out of my head.

Recall, I am currently in knee deep, writing a book...but also have two others I am [slowly] writing; plus writing poetry and lyrics constantly. I also just took over co-directorship of a group for local artists, changed some things around in the first 24-hours, hoping to take it to the next level. Plus, I have several other projects I am slowly piecing together.

Will they all work? I don’t know and am not stressing about the outcomes.

Unfortunately, this particular venture (attribute) has taken a backseat to the book in particular. What it was a year ago, it is not today. This saddens me. I have been drawn to take action by the Lord as He is leading me to work on projects that, I pray, will benefit my immediate community. It’s not a bad thing, mind you, and perhaps attribute is not supposed to be a huge, traffic drawing, site; rather one that reaches a niche market.

Again, I don’t know...I am just the vessel, the clay.

My only hope is that you, our audience, have gained something from this effort as well: For this makes it all worth it in the end. We go with the ebb and flow and hope you’ll take the ride with us. No matter where it leads.

So, please, go on...follow your dreams; do so with passion and without regret.