(Madisyn Taylor)
It is one of life's great paradoxes that the things we don't want to look at in ourselves are the very things we need to look at in order to know ourselves better and to become more fully who we are. Feelings come in many forms, from strange images or snippets of information to recurring dreams and some that rise up seemingly without a reason. Whatever shape they come in, and no matter how scary they seem, these messengers bring the information we need in order to grow.
When we are tired of pushing something down, or trying to run away from it, a good first step is to write down what we think we are avoiding. Often this turns out to be only the surface of the issue or a symbol of something else. Expressing ourselves fully on paper is a safe way to begin exploring the murky territory of the unconscious. The coolness of the intellect can give us the distance we need to read what we have written and feel less afraid of it. It helps if we remember that no matter how dark or negative our thoughts or feelings may be, these are energies shared by all humanity. We are not alone in the dark, and all the gurus and teachers we admire had to go through their own unprocessed emotional territory in order to come out the other side brighter and wiser. This can give us the courage we need to open the treasure chest of what we have been avoiding.
My Thoughts:
I write every day, in fact a lot of the time I can be found writing all day and night if my muse won’t let go.
I write anything and everything.
I write this blog daily and if the Internet connection allows, I post daily as well.
I write novels, short stories, poems, non-fiction and pretty much anything that rocks my boat at any one time.
I write for competitions.
I write to get things off my chest.
I write memories to read later to make me smile.
I write the not so happy stuff … mostly to share the words in another form that quite likely no one will ever get to read. You see, once shared I feel that I am no longer carrying the burden of them all on my own.
I write for my groups, workshops and courses … I do not set things for others that I am not prepared to do myself.
But, most of all I write to please me.
I write … for fun.