Keeping that edge

Writers all have something that drives them to write for others who read their work.  Their motivations are many, but they will tell you that they need that reason to drive them because they normally don't finish their work in one sitting.  They rely on something to keep them coming back to the computer to type until they get finished.  And we're all glad they do because a little something for everyone's interests are contained in those books.

That's a pretty good analogy for the way life is.  Some days are hard to get up for.  But, we all know we have to, and it's nice to also perform at a decent or high level while we're up for the day.  But what keeps us going day after day?  Something drives us; perhaps, someone inspires us.

And if we ever lose that reason, that person... well... it's not pretty.  For writers, the story turns south or doesn't get completed.  In life, one's edge is lost, and that works itself into many different endings.