I have been writing my thoughts, feelings, and ideas since I was an eleven year old girl. I didn't think what I had to say back then was very important. But over time I have learned one very important key... if no one else gets anything from the words I write, at least I do. When I write, I reconvert myself to the fact that I am someone with vivid memories, interesting thoughts, and deep feelings. I bring to the surface feelings and perceptions I could not voice aloud.
We forget in the age of ultimate media access, that the very core of our lives is the process of finding out who we are, and what we can contribute. We think everything can be answered with a moment's search on Google or Yahoo... but the truth is that all eternal knowledge must be filtered through our minds and the intensity of emotions, in order to become part of us. In the mundane tasks of everyday life, we sometimes forget the depth of our souls and inner workings of our minds. We are grasping and cementing impressions and experiences that over time shape us into individuals who feel and act based upon them. The way we see the world determines how we react to our surroundings. Writing allows us to reach deep within ourselves, evaluate, determine to change or see ourselves in a better light, and gives us a way to speak to others' hearts in a way that perhaps no one has spoken before.
For this reason, I felt the need to have a safekeeping place for the things that I have written over the years. When you feel the glow of authorship, the acclaim and knowledge that your voice is heard, it can give you a sort of excitement like no other... but my intent here is not to recieve notice or critique, but simply a place to put those stories, memories, and thoughts I had and will have in a comforting collection, so that when recall strikes me, I can pull out my favorite pieces and relive the memories and details that inspired my pen.
Though it may not seem relavent at first glance, this quote from C. S. Lewis sums up those things I write, what I have learned over many years of struggle, pain, and triumphs...
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort, you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." - C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity, Book I: "Right and Wrong As a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe", Part V, "We Have Cause to Be Uneasy").
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