Rotten Fruit

"You have an uncommon ability."

I tried not to hang my head, because the subtext was this; "I have read your writing, for a dozen years or better. You got the goods, but you haven't produced."

This was a good friend, with international experience in travel, consulting, teaching. He has the ear of government and business leaders around the world. He does not pander.

He knows I can write. I know I can.

What is the box I'm in that keeps me from producing? And I use that word deliberately. You produce out of what you are. Your life bears fruit. If your life does not produce that fruit, it's somewhere inside, rotting.