When you start to write, writing can take over.
What does this mean? It means that as a writer I have noticed that the more that I write, the more certain things demand to be written about.
For example, today I was thinking about what I could share. Certain topics and ideas gnaw at my thoughts until I write about them. A few days ago I thought of an idea that I could share and then I realized I may have already written about it. Yes I had, and I laughed at myself. Its ok that I forgot, but the fact that I wanted to write about it was interesting.
I think a persons soul can’t be suppressed no matter the circumstance. I saw in a YouTube video yesterday someone talking about people in the holocaust who survived only because of some kindness from another person. They might have had a bit of food, or a warm blanket or something that made the critical difference. We are not in a holocaust now, but for some people their very survival is threatened right now.
It is hard to imagine when we have a roof over our heads, food in our tummies and a job that others are suffering. Yet they are and we hold the key to stop others suffering. We can support people and policies that help everyone have a fair chance to live, or we can circle the wagons and defend a siege mentality of us vs them. I don’t believe in that kind of thinking. We are all one even if some of us aren’t as ready to acknowledge that as others.
I joined a religious faith because I felt their sense of community and thought it was a community that could help me and others. In some ways it did, but critically community is something that works best when we have many communities and not just one. If we join one community it can easily become/is a cult. I avoided that when I was younger. However I made the mistake when I was older to join a community that didn’t have my best interests at heart and I realized that and left.
It isn’t easy finding a community that can support and nuture you. For me, writing has enabled me to find communities that resonate with the values that I care about. I am not perfect, and still a work in progress, but ultimately what comes out of me and my writing is a reflection of my values. Its ok if you don’t agree with me. We are not copies of each other. I’m flattered that you take the time and thank you for that.
If you do something long enough it leads your ego/spirit to places you never could have reached any other way. Writing has done that for me.