First Person

So, I started to write something small in first person, but my question is that when you're writing in first person how do you "show" people what's going on?
If I am talking in first person it's always "I walked over to the closet" ... that is very telly if you ask me. I think that's actually why I started to veer away from first person because I'm not 100% sure how to approach it. "My feet hit the floor and I walked over to the closet." That "tells" what's going on.

Bottom line, how do I "show" in first person? Any tips?

The Brick Wall.

So... I've recently discovered a pattern. Every single time I finish a book I'm left feeling the same way. What is that feeling, you may ask. It's pretty easy to describe actually. After I've read the last page I simply go "Wow..." I'm left pondering how words on a page could make me laugh, make me cry, make me anticipate. How can simple words on a simple page be constructed in such a manner as to effect the readers emotions and create a bond between them and the character? Yes, this kind of book is good, but after I finish a book like that I'm left with a string of questions running through my mind. "Will I ever be able to write anything remotely close to that good? Could I effect my reader in those ways? Could I create a storyline that unique?..." etc. etc. So I guess you could say after reading an amazing book or seeing an amazing movie... I'm left discouraged a bit, I mean... their ideas are so unbelievabley unique, and the skills behind the writing are phenominal. So the question is... could I ever succeed in writing?
Another reason that question has hit my mind is because I've hit a huge brick wall in my writing. I don't know which way to go... it's as if the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz keeps switching the way his arm is pointing. Left... Right... Both... Right. My ideas stopped flowing a bit ago, nothing I write satisfies me. Other times I can't write period. The ideas used to come in surplus, now it's like I'm suffering the famine. I hunger for good writing ideas, something I can lose myself in. I thirst for the ability to let the idea flow like a river. But I still thirst, I still hunger and for now my thirst isn't being quenched and I remain famished. I pray this dry spell ends soon... my pages are screaming at me to be written on.
So my question is... how do you cure your writers block?

Point of View

So I've been reading some books lately and one was in first person while the other was in third. It took me a moment but I noticed that when I'm writing my mind jumps into first person but i want to describe things in third person. So i think this is where my writings have been getting stuck a lot, because I want to have a main character whom I can really go into detail with (thought wise) but its hard for me to stay consistent with first. So am I wired to write first person?
I think I'll try writing a story in first for a change, see if the thoughts flow a bit easier. The question is... which story do I experiment with first?
Any Ideas?

The Freedom Writer's

I recently saw the movie "Freedom Writer's" I have to say it's a powerful movie, it portrays courage, determination, change. These students that 'Mrs. G' (as the students called her) taught through all four years of their high school experience kept journals... every day they wrote about their lives. No matter if anyone reads them, they still left something behind to tell their story... the story of how troubled kids dealt with a difficult life and how a teacher helped. Towards the beginning of the movie she made the statement "I wanted to be a lawyer at first, but then I realized, if they are already in the court, the battle is lost. I believe the difference is made in the classroom." She changed those students, writing was the gift that brought the 150 students together. Words are a powerful thing, and I hope that one day with my novel (if that ever does work out) I'll make a difference. Their diaries made me think though... what am I leaving behind? How will I be remembered? That is up to me... and it's up to you to decide how you'll be remembered.

Story Telling

Story Telling
Novel writing has prooved to be a challenge. Day after day I attempt to show my story, yet over and over I end up telling it, if I really focus (as in 110%) then I can show for awhile but, most of the time I end up telling. I believe this is because when you're telling someone about something that has happened during your day you don't put it into novel format and show the story. Though it could proove to make your story more interesting it wouldn't be natural.
So in my head I'm starting to think, is novel writing (showing) an unnatural art? what do you think?