I know I have said this before, but writing sure is good for the soul!  I have been writing now for a few months and the more I write, the more I WANT to write.  It brings out all kinds of emotions in me.  Emotions that I thought I had repressed rather well as well as emotions that I am rather glad to express.

A little over a week ago, I  wrote a full chapter for a book that I want to actually complete.  I have the entire outline completed (Yes, Mr. Wells, I actually learned from your college prep English class!).  I started in the middle though because I was “feeling it.”  And as I finished, the emotion I came away with was that of compassion.  One day I will actually complete the story and you all will be able to read it.  But I saw that we all show compassion in the little things we do.  No matter how much we ourselves are hurting, we are able to show compassion to others.

In a few of the blog posts I have written I have felt sadness.  When I write about loss, of course.  But at the same time I am keenly aware that the more often I “talk” about the sadness, the pain decreases.  And I know that there are some of you out there that are encouraged in your own lives that good can still come out of the pain.

I just now finished another page for YET ANOTHER book.  It, like the first one, was started somewhere in the middle, but as I was writing it tears were pouring down my face.  It is a dream that is so vivid in my mind and my hope so great, that I can almost feel the relief it will be when that dream comes true!  Emotion?  Pure happiness.  Maybe it is this particular dream that keeps me going each day.  (Are you interested in reading this?)

I wrote a little poem to my Muse the other day and I felt love.

I wrote a journal entry and I felt confusion.

I wrote a letter to my daughter and felt frustration.

I write and express myself in so many ways.  It always seems to come across like a balm to my soul.  The positive feelings are reassuring.  The negative ones seem to grow less potent and hurtful.  Moving forward…That’s what writing keeps me doing.