About Writing

Writing is an amazing outlet. It gives permanence and structure to the thoughts and emotions that cross our mind, gives us a chance to really sit with and revisit those thoughts. That can be a very good thing. It can also be therapeutic, enlightening, and or revelatory. For me, that usually involves tears and reaching out, and writing more, and quite frequently, ice cream, or some other treat involving high levels of sugars and fats. It can also be less beneficial if we spend too much time dwelling on things we have previously unpacked and repacked and put to bed, particularly the dark, painful and heavy stuff from the past.

For me, writing is something like entering Wonderland. When Alice asks the Cheshire Cat which way she should go at a crossroads, he asks her where she wants to go, and her response is that she doesn't know, he responds that it doesn't matter which way she goes because she'll get there whichever way she goes. Writing is kind of like that. If you don't know the message you are trying to send, it doesn't matter much what you say, and you may very easily end up in a topic you didn't mean to find yourself in pondering things that bring up old feelings, and uncovering things you previously thought were done with. I started writing, and I found myself on a path that showed me a deeper level of truth to something I already knew, but it was just ever so slightly repackaged and it hit me upside the head like a frying pan. I had been contemplating this particular area of growth for about a week or so, and hadn’t really gotten anywhere with it, I just kept making these baby steps… and then I was hit with it. It was a painful truth, that I hope will unlock the healing process in this area.

The most important thing to me in this process is to clear out the junk, the old beliefs that do not serve me or those around me, and embrace truths that will uplift and edify. To identify the "stinking thinking" as my mom used to call it, and reframe those thoughts. Writing helps me do that. Thank you for taking the time to read my words.