Ah, a blank page.
Sometimes a good thing, at other times not so good.
No matter how many times I think it doesn’t really matter if I write down all the thoughts swirling through my head, I just can’t let go of the idea that it is important to do it. Things I read spark connections and ideas that I want to delve into, but then I get sidetracked by daily life and forget about them.
This weekend I attended an open house for some friends who just moved into their first home. They are also very close to becoming foster parents, and it was wonderful to see how God has blessed them with a place of their own.
Anyway, being the bookworm that I am, I was looking through the bookshelf in their living room and found a few interesting-looking books about writing. I asked to borrow one with the intriguing title of The Right to Write by Julia Cameron.
All I have read so far is the introduction, and I’m already hooked. Read this paragraph answering the question “Why should we write?” and you will see why:
We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own. We should write because humans are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us both to our own insights and to a higher and deeper level of inner guidance as well.
That just about leaves me speechless at the moment, so the swirling thoughts will have to wait until tomorrow and for the next blank page.
On an unrelated note, please offer a thought or prayer for my friend L, whose mother-in-law passed away yesterday.
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That quote on writing is so true in my life for sure – with writing I have created a north star of sorts
Saying a prayer for L
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That quote on writing is so true in my life for sure – with writing I have created a north star of sorts
Saying a prayer for L
.-= Kajoli´s last blog ..A special birthday for a special boy =-.
In many ways, what you wrote is poetic. I too find the blank page enticing, wondering which part of what I want to write will find its way there. I too find that there’s so many things I want to write during the day entangled in the events of every day and therefore disappearing in the chaos. I guess, that’s what happens to us writers!
Thinking of L.
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In many ways, what you wrote is poetic. I too find the blank page enticing, wondering which part of what I want to write will find its way there. I too find that there’s so many things I want to write during the day entangled in the events of every day and therefore disappearing in the chaos. I guess, that’s what happens to us writers!
Thinking of L.
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This senerio happens all to often with me as well. I have all these wonderful things to write in my head during the day and then BOOM, it’s gone like a flash of lightning.
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This senerio happens all to often with me as well. I have all these wonderful things to write in my head during the day and then BOOM, it’s gone like a flash of lightning.
.-= Karen´s last blog ..It’s finally coming together =-.
I love that. I guess it answers my question on why I still feel the need to blog even though I don’t have a specific purpose or goal in mind…
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I love that. I guess it answers my question on why I still feel the need to blog even though I don’t have a specific purpose or goal in mind…
.-= Julie´s last blog ..we have a little mouse… =-.
Praying for your friend.
I write to connect with God and others whether I have a direct purpose or not. I almost never write solely for myself. That seems lonely for me.
.-= Leah´s last blog ..Day 48 =-.
Praying for your friend.
I write to connect with God and others whether I have a direct purpose or not. I almost never write solely for myself. That seems lonely for me.
.-= Leah´s last blog ..Day 48 =-.
What a lovely thought. Praying.
What a lovely thought. Praying.