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A Swift Kick In The Behind... 💪🏾

~~2026 Motivational Poetry~~

By Tiffany GordonPublished 4 days ago Updated 4 days ago 1 min read
A Swift Kick In The Behind... 💪🏾
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How do you keep writing when your trophy case is bare? Keep doing it for God, his children & the culture; life is not always fair.

Always remember that JOY still lives & breathes the morning after you and said loss meet and that persistence, patience, and preparation have a special way of disarming defeat.

Injustice stand down. It is righteousness's time to shine! Now move out of the way before I give you a swift kick in the behind!

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About the Creator

Tiffany Gordon

I am a super-spiritual, fun-loving artist, writer, & peer-counselor residing in the Pacific Northwest. I am also an Institute of Children's Literature alumna who enjoys writing about the triumph of the human spirit.

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  • Lightning Bolt ⚡about 11 hours ago

    You have a way of not just inspiring but energizing. I finished reading this and said, "Hell yeah!!!" ⚡💙 Bill⚡

  • C. Rommial Butlerabout 24 hours ago

    Well-wrought, Tiffany!

  • Everyone needs to love this or get a kick! Well done, Tiff!

  • Words to live by, especially at this dreary time of year!

  • Marie Wilson2 days ago

    Love it!!

  • Rachel Robbins2 days ago

    Joy is the best bit of resistance! ❤️

  • Imola Tóth2 days ago

    Haha, I love the ending! Also, I feel like a lot of us are going through such feelings right now, so I totally relate to the feeling.

  • Shirley Belk2 days ago

    Wonderful message, Tiffany :)

  • Tim Carmichael3 days ago

    Great motivating advice. I agree with Jason. I honestly don’t know how you haven’t won anything yet. You’re an amazing writer.

  • Hahaha I love this. Motivational and spicy. Nice work my friend.

  • Hahahahahaha this both funny and empowering! An empty trophy case can really dampen our spirits but I'm glad we keep going forward. Sending you lots of love and hugs Tiffy ❤️

  • JBaz4 days ago

    I had to check your profile and was stunned to see No awards. How? You are a brilliant writer, keep on and do not stop. Your works are one of the reasons I said I will return to read on Vocal periodically.

  • Yeeessssssss, Keep Doing it for God🥰❤️❤️❤️💯 I Love This And Thanks for The Good Energy!!!!!

  • Antoni De'Leon4 days ago

    Ha ha, that is a kick in the front hind - we all want to fill the cases with all of the trophies...we need all the upliftment that we can get. Some more for me please. Feelings of joy welcome TG.

  • Novel Allen4 days ago

    No one knows better than me about bare trophy cases here. You know that, I know that...if we wrote just for trophies we would have been long gone. Many of us need that swift kick to wake us up. Hey---hugs.

  • Aarsh Malik4 days ago

    Well done, this felt like a firm but loving push forward. It reminded me that purpose matters more than applause. I needed that reminder today.

  • Jay Kantor4 days ago

    Daahlink Tg - Admit it, you do it for you because you SoCan..! Recognition is certainly important. But, those of us who never enter a challenge know that YOU are the BEST judge of you..! And, I'm in awe of you..! jk.bud.in.l.a.

  • Mother Combs4 days ago

    Yes!! You go, Gurl <3 Love this, Tiffany

  • Beautiful poem, Tiffy. Your motivation is always inspiring. :)

  • Sam Spinelli4 days ago

    “Keep doing it for God, His children and the culture” Wow. I’m going to try to remember this line. I’ve been in a major funk too. And off vocal I haven’t touched any of my own works in progress for months :( For me, part of the writers block comes from physical injuries and the tiredness that brings, but a larger portion of this failure to create comes from severe jadedness towards the world. Like how can I muster the effort to write when my country is an utter shitshow of fascism, corruption, and ethnocentric thugs terrorizing people who they think arent “American” enough? But it’s helpful to be reminded that writing isn’t just for the writer, art and expression of all kinds and even criticism through art can be necessary. Maybe even more so, during evil times. Anyway, I like the concept of making art with God in mind and with people in mind. Also, for what it’s worth trophies feel good but they’re kind of meaningless in a way. The real value of art, as far as I’m convinced, is in reaching someone else with a piece that offers some emotional resonance, valuable insight, or entertainment. Your writing can interact with others and make their worlds a little bit better and even if it feels small that’s way cooler than any accolade— and it’s the thing that used to motivate me the most until this writer’s block. All said, your writing very often resonates with me, and I hope you win some more recognition for the boost, but more importantly I’m just glad to see your writing, period. Hope you can break your writers block and keep it at bay.

  • Sara Wilson4 days ago

    Love this!! Keep writing because YOU enjoy it!!

  • Lana V Lynx4 days ago

    Great motivational poem, Tiffany! You’ve been missed.

  • Marie381Uk 4 days ago

    Well said Tiffany glad and it nice to see you back 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆💙

  • Love this > > Injustice stand down. It is righteousness's time to shine! Now move out of the way before I give you a swift kick in the behind!

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