LIVE WRITE

I’ve heard a number of people talk about “when writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen”. Sometimes I hate how easy that sounds because we’re living in a world where people will let you hold the pen, but dictate the words you’re writing.

Your story then becomes the world’s. For some, it’s too raw or too much and for other’s it’s a cliche or stupid. Another category of people will be hell-bent on misunderstanding every word, others will love and be inspired by it. Still, I can’t help but wonder, why do they matter?!

I wish that at some point, we all have the heart to say to hell..and truly own our stories. To take charge, lick our wounds, silence every other voice and just write. To write not with the aim of being understood but to use our own lingo and write as many chapters, add as many experiences as we want and to embrace the characters as they come and go.

It won’t always be moonlight and roses though, because some parts are hard to write and words may fail to describe certain things. A few chapters may get ugly and lonely but a couple are bound to be euphoric and could bring with them twists that will take you to seventh heaven.

It’s a crazy world we live in and some things are easier said than done, but I wish for everyone a story that’s beautiful in it’s authenticity. One that doesn’t shame one’s acts of human nature. A story of strength and more strength. One that isn’t perfect but captures all your brilliance, beauty, glory and greatness.

Allow everyone to write theirs and keep adding to your own; erasing, tearing out a few pages and starting over as much as you’d like..And when the ink runs out, we will all have with us stories we’ll be proud to read.