At the end of the fifteenth of November, I sit in front of my laptop thinking of the many things with which I have been blessed. Today, I have to say I am grateful for the ability to express myself in the art of words. Some people have conversational skills, some people have skills with a paintbrush, and some people have skills with a camera. All of these people have the ability to create. They have the ability to take a blank slate or canvas and make beauty out of what other's would see as nothing. Where some see the nothing, artists and creators see potential and possibility.
For me, a blank screen or a lined piece of paper holds vast amounts of possibility. There is adventure
between the blue lines of lined paper. There are princesses who don't need a prince to save them, but in the end, the princess saves the prince. In every moment of creating and producing the written word, there is a God-like moment of creation. I get to be fate; I get to be judge, jury, and executioner or angel of mercy. I have the God-like ability to create a world and the people within that world. The possibilities are endless when it comes to writing.
Not only am I able to connect and create worlds and lives, but I can also use my words to inspire or to attempt to engage people in conversation. I can attempt to use my words and my thoughts to make people reconsider their views about others. I can hope that through my writing they could see beyond race, gender, sexual orientation, and even spiritual belief. And I am grateful to be a part of a group of people that use words to create, inspire, inform, and engage others.
The final reason that I am grateful to be able to express myself with my writing is because I am not a conversationalist. I am an introvert. I look inward and observe the outside world. I listen and occasionally offer advice, but usually, I just listen. Listening has always been one of my best qualities. However, there comes a time in my introversion I feel like I have something to say and speaking it just doesn't seem like the natural thing for me to do. So, I write and I create something from nothing.
I am grateful for the ability to express myself. I feel that the universe looked on me and offered me this gift as my means to expression. I am grateful to the universe for this gift. I am grateful to all of my mentors, professors, and teachers who have helped me to hone my gift to a sharper point. I have a ways to go before my pen will prick the hearts of the reader, but I am grateful for the journey I have been on. I am grateful. Namaste.
What are you grateful for?
For me, a blank screen or a lined piece of paper holds vast amounts of possibility. There is adventure
between the blue lines of lined paper. There are princesses who don't need a prince to save them, but in the end, the princess saves the prince. In every moment of creating and producing the written word, there is a God-like moment of creation. I get to be fate; I get to be judge, jury, and executioner or angel of mercy. I have the God-like ability to create a world and the people within that world. The possibilities are endless when it comes to writing.
Not only am I able to connect and create worlds and lives, but I can also use my words to inspire or to attempt to engage people in conversation. I can attempt to use my words and my thoughts to make people reconsider their views about others. I can hope that through my writing they could see beyond race, gender, sexual orientation, and even spiritual belief. And I am grateful to be a part of a group of people that use words to create, inspire, inform, and engage others.
The final reason that I am grateful to be able to express myself with my writing is because I am not a conversationalist. I am an introvert. I look inward and observe the outside world. I listen and occasionally offer advice, but usually, I just listen. Listening has always been one of my best qualities. However, there comes a time in my introversion I feel like I have something to say and speaking it just doesn't seem like the natural thing for me to do. So, I write and I create something from nothing.
I am grateful for the ability to express myself. I feel that the universe looked on me and offered me this gift as my means to expression. I am grateful to the universe for this gift. I am grateful to all of my mentors, professors, and teachers who have helped me to hone my gift to a sharper point. I have a ways to go before my pen will prick the hearts of the reader, but I am grateful for the journey I have been on. I am grateful. Namaste.
What are you grateful for?
I completely understand what you mean, though i'm not an introvert, there is a certain magic about creating your own world. For me, I love getting lost in that world and letting the characters take over for a while.
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