Being a Hero and A REMARKABLE KINDNESS

I was trying to capture the Mediterranean Sea today, which looked exactly like the cover of A REMARKABLE KINDNESS.

I was trying to capture the Mediterranean Sea today, which looked exactly like the cover of A REMARKABLE KINDNESS.

“Sometimes you don’t need to do anything really courageous to feel like a hero. Sometimes all you have to do is live your life and claim it. Then you can get to a certain moment when you can stand somewhere and think about where you’ve been and where you are now and the journey you’ve traveled to get there. Sometimes, that’s all you need to do.”

I wrote the above quote a few years ago and I want to share it now. Remember we are all heroes of our own lives. Sometimes the journey is frightening and dark but it’s our only life right now that we need to live, and we have to claim it.

Many times I wanted to quit writing. I felt discouraged and thought it was a hopeless endeavor. But my husband, Jonny, always told me: “Anyone can give up. Giving up is easy. But if you give up, you will never forgive yourself.”

And he was right. I didn’t give up. Now I get to celebrate and I hope the fact that I am publishing my first novel at age 58 will remind you: persevere, write, work, dance, try and try and try and just do NOT give up.

The real cover. I just love it!

The real cover. I just love it!

About dianabletter

Diana Bletter is the author of several books, including The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (with photographs by Lori Grinker), shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award. Her novel, A Remarkable Kindness, (HarperCollins) was published in 2015. She is the First Prize Winner of Moment Magazine's 2019 Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, tabletmag, Glamour, The Forward, The North American Review, Times of Israel, and is a reporter for Israel21C, and many other publications. She is author of Big Up Yourself: It's About Time You Like Being You and The Mom Who Took off On Her Motorcycle, a memoir of her 10,000-mile motorcycle trip to Alaska and back to New York. She lives in a small beach village in Western Galilee, Israel, with her husband and family. She is a member of the local hevra kadisha, the burial circle, and a Muslim-Jewish-Christian-Druze women's group in the nearby town of Akko. And, she likes snowboarding and climbing trees.
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2 Responses to Being a Hero and A REMARKABLE KINDNESS

  1. MaryEve says:

    I’ve heard this was a wonderful book. Looking forward to reading. ♡

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