A three letter word, they don’t come much shorter, but do they come more poignant? So what reason has this word come to the fore?
Well I was asking myself why! Why do I write a blog, why do I write my diary. It’s an activity many do, in varying ways, but each has their own reasoning, no two the same in my eyes.
After some thought I decided that I write a blog not to inform others, rather than to inform myself. I had a chat tonight with a very close friend abut me and others, and one thing that came up is how do we see ourselves, do any of us know who we are. Following on from this I have had some time to think. I don’t know who I am, but then I don’t believe anyone really does. Every day changes us, and every incident has some effect on us however small, and there is no way that anyone can assimilate their emotions and actions fast enough to always know who they are.
I use my blog to answer questions, but they are questions I pose, not others. There is advice in this world which we can take guidance from, but nothing is the same for everyone. We can look to friends, family and acquaintances, but the only person who can truly answer ones own questions is ones self! By writing I find freedom, the ultimate freedom being writing by hand in my diary. Much like a stream of emotion from ones hand, the ink flows as pain from the body, each word easing the worry within. The sentences don’t even have to make sense to someone else, the same point may be made more than once but in a different manner, but to this end, the personally written word has for centuries provided an outlet of the body.
I am currently having some tough times emotionally, and I have never found it of more use to write things down by hand, a ritual that has been lost over the years. My problems are not even bad, they are in fact happy, but a certain amount of uncertainty and concern mixed with my usual does of paranoia leads me to worry and hence the need for an outlet.
I invite you to write by hand when you feel a need to share, try sharing with yourself, and you may be amazed at the answers you actually already have but haven’t yet found a way to release!
