I am not driven. I do not burn. I put my faith in serendipity, and she never disappoints. A cool breeze drew me to these heights where you wait, flint to my steel.
This post was made in response to the Trifecta Writing Challenge weekend Trifextra prompt:
For this weekend’s prompt we’re asking for exactly 33 words inspired by this picture.
In other news, a big, big thank-you to Kim of Let Me Start By Saying for the kind words she wrote about me (and others) on her blog and on Twitter. If you came here via her link or tweet, let me know so I can add up how many hugs I owe her. If you didn’t, go check out her blog and follow @LetMeStart – you won’t regret it. Incidentally, I suddenly have more Twitter followers than I know what to do with, which means I’d better start tweeting (and posting) more.
Christine Hanolsy 
Congratulations on your win! Wonderfully written and love your take on the photo prompt. “flint to steel”…extraordinary.
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it’s just beautiful, it seems that that is how life and love work withing our lives, we are not driven, we do not burn, until we do and then we are just waiting for someone/something to set us on fire.
what a beautiful 33 words.
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You got it exactly. It’s a bit of a metaphor for how I do my writing, too. 🙂
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and it’s a beautiful way to do it. I love your process, your own spark..and I just feel lucky enough to get to read your words. 🙂
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Beautiful! Congrats on the win!
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Thank you!
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Congratulations and great job
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Thanks, Ruby!
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Flint to my steel – very nice!
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Thanks, Janna!
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Oh, my word. THIS:
“A cool breeze drew me to these heights where you wait, flint to my steel.”
Fantastic.
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🙂 Thank you – that’s actually where I started with this piece.
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loverly! Thanks – The photographer!
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Oh, I am so glad you stopped by! You have some beautiful pictures, and I thought you should see what your work has inspired in others.
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Bonus points for use of the word ‘serendipity’, one of my favorite words in the entire English language. Wonderfully done!
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It is in my top 3 or 4 as well – I love what it means and how it sounds, and how I feel when it happens to me. 🙂
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“flint to my steel” beautiful
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Thank you, Susie!
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Very nice response to the prompt
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Many thanks!
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that was a lovely written piece, true serendipity.
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Thanks so much, Renada. It sort of fell into my lap. 🙂
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Ah! This is lovely. 😀
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🙂 Thank you!!
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A lovely response to the prompt. I loved the line, “I put my faith in serendipity, and she never disappoints.”
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That’s the truest line in the whole piece. I’ve been very lucky. 🙂
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I put my faith in serendipity and she never disappoints… How lovely is that!
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So impressed! Your word choices are perfection.
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Thank you, Jo-Anne – it’s a combination of luck and finickiness. 🙂
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Flint to my steel…<333
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I rather like that phrase myself. 🙂
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Lovely and you used one of my favorite words…serendipity.
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It’s one of mine too! Thanks for reading!
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This is fantastic! Like the others, I love “flint to my steel” — such a great line. Beautifully done!
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Thanks, Suzanne – I LOVED your piece this week. It was my #1 favorite, so I’m glad it won!
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Flint to my steel, I like that too. Faith in serendipity.. I’d like to have some of that. Very nice..
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Thanks, Steph – if I’m to be honest, it’s a little bit faith and a little bit laziness. 🙂
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From beginning to end-this is simply gorgeous!
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Thanks, Valerie! I was pretty pleased with the result.
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You have always been solid, doing great work with writing prompts and having SUCH an interesting mind. I’m MORE than happy to send a few people your way!
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Well, it has made my week. I have been consciously trying to do nice things for people, online and off, inspired by your post. I think sometimes we need a little dose of sunshine to remind us that we can do more than just hold the umbrella, know what I mean?
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Flint to my steel. Now, that right there is gold!
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Thank you! It snuck up on my, that phrase. Serendipitously, one might say…
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One might, at that …
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