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Karen Davis's avatar

I write because when I don’t the flow stops. I write to find out what I need to hear. I write because there is a voice inside that gets otherwise drowned out by the noise in my head. I write to connect my mind and body. I write to give myself hope and carry me through the challenges. I’m sure there’s more reasons and fewer, that I write because it seems to be what’s in me to do now.

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Renee Faber's avatar

"It has become clear to me that life isn’t easy or difficult. It goes on like the endless tide and it is for us to seek the precious." I love this sentence, there is some much philosophical depth I see in the words and weaving between the words.

I am just now commenting because I didn't quite know how to articulate why I write, and I still don't think I am able to very well, but I'll give it a try.

I write to siphon out clarity from the mud.

I write to express my love for life, and to explore all of its splendid mysteries.

And I write to connect to others, as I tend to be anxious socially, and I feel I never adequately give to others my compassion in a clear enough voice. Maybe my unfiltered written thoughts can help express my caring without 'me' getting in its way. :)

Oh! And I write because it is like magic to see thoughts become sentences that at times carry in them stories and ideas that I swear came through me and not from me.

Thank you for your support in the shout out! Your attention to my work has meant so very much.

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