Write Away

I love to write. You may have noticed that I enjoy it even though I’m not always posting on this blog. I love the gift of gab, of words, of writing…I’m not one who enjoys podcasts where I have to sit still and listen and watch. It’s not my thing really….but give me the written word and I’m joyful! I love to read!!

Of course, when we’re in person, that’s a different animal. Then I could sit all day long and be enthralled! I love a good give and take conversation, even on the phone or a zoom call! Even though I suspect that I’m really old-fashioned since podcasts etc. seem to be how we communicate these days. Just look around at social media!

Getting back on track – my point is that if you want to write a book, you need to get in the habit of writing! Either start a journal or diary about your day on the computer or write it out in long hand…putting the words on paper can be so cathartic. I remember when I was going through tough times – writing helped me immensely.

I wrote poetry. I wrote letters that I knew I’d never send. I wrote out pretend conversations. I wrote song lyrics. I wrote copious amounts – filling up dozens of one subject notebooks in order to release the pain, to see situations from another side, to share my thoughts and feelings in order to release myself of them because they were so painful and I didn’t want to hurt anyone else. I didn’t want to burden friends with more than I was already sharing with them. I needed to let it all out…and I did.

I have reread a few of them and I see that girl who was so hurt, so sad and so alone. I find myself hugging my own self when I read back on those entries. Purging what no longer served me, resetting my mind to what really was and not who I thought they were at the time. I look back now and wonder how I believed so blindly and I want to hug that girl who wore her rose-colored glasses so firmly on her face.

Time heals us. The key is not to allow those hurts to change us, but instead to help to mold us into a brighter heartlight. If I did it, you can too.

Pick up that pen. Grab that notebook. Open your computer. And write away!!!