TO WRITE or NOT TO WRITE?

To write or not to write? That is the question. What started out in December 2015 as a grief support blog has evolved into whatever might inspire me. I have a self imposed deadline and sometimes I am stymied as it gets closer to the end of the month. I then question myself as to why I am doing this. Perhaps it’s time to stop. And then i receive a comment from someone I meet in person or who writes on Facebook or on my website that what I have written has “touched” them in some positive way. And so I go on for another month. While I was floundering as to a theme for this month I received an email from my friend Carol saying, ”I loved this and thought you might too.” And so I read from the the website, “Daily Good - News that Inspires” an article by Anne Lamott titled, “12 Truths I learned from Life and Writing". It resonated with me and you might check it out for yourself.

However, I want to highlight “Number 6-writing”. Anne writes “ Every writer you know writes really bad first drafts, but they keep their butts in the chair. That’s the secret of life. That’s probably the main difference between you and them. They just do it by prearrangement with themselves. They do it as a debt of honor. They tell stories that come through them one day at a time.” And so I too continue to share my experiences, thoughts, reactions and feelings through my interpersonal connections and my blog.

I encourage you to write. Write for yourself first and then share it if you care to. For years I have counseled the bereaved to write as a healing modality and now I suggest writing for a myriad of other reasons. I’m wishing you the courage to begin.

Happy New Year 2020!

-Harriet