Opening the Script

Well, hello again. :)

It is officially post two and I am ready to get back at it!  So this past week I had two unwavering emotions.  One was joy.  And the other doubt.  I was overjoyed by the reaction I got from my readers (the number of comments on my first post made me so excited I couldn't stand myself) and encouraged to know that I have fans out there who are as enthusiastic about this round-two blog as I am.  However, I couldn't help a sense of overwhelming doubt that kept nagging me all week.  "Anna, what do YOU have to write about?"..."Anna, you're going to give up on this blog just as easily as you did your last."..."Anna, no one wants to read your lame posts about that mundane rat race you call your life."

Oh yes.  Well I have a few things to say to that.  One, I DO have a lot to write about, and I will expand on that a little later.  Two, I am not going to give up on this blog.  I know myself, and I know that at times I can be easily overwhelmed by small things.  And I also know I have a hard time disciplining myself to keep up with certain things.  (Now you're probably thinking, "So why would she even start this blog in the first place then?")  Readers, I set out on a mission when I started this blog.  And though I know it won't always be easy to keep up with it, I am confident that as I grow as a writer, and as you (readers) encourage me to keep going, I will not give up.  And third, "that mundane rat race" that I call my life happens to be full of everyday adventure, beauty, and inspiration.  All we need to do is pick up our heads once and a while.  We need to LISTEN instead of just hear.  We need to SEE instead of just look.  And we need to be LIVING OUT our faith instead of just believing.  So with those three things in mind, I want to introduce you to a question I have pondered many a time.  And an answer that I hope will be sufficient.

Why do I write?

I find myself every once and a while, after finishing a poem or a short journal entry, asking myself this question. And finding that I have trouble pinpointing an exact reason.  After much consideration, I have found a somewhat substantial explanation for why I write.  I write because I have to.  It is NOT a hobby.  It is NOT an "exercise for my brain".  It is NOT a sly tactic to get people's attention or praise.  I write simply because if I do not, I am miserable.  I write simply because it is wholly who I am.  I write simply because, like any other creature, it is what God gave me to do.

Writing is the best way I can express myself.  My writing shows exactly who I am.  I'll let you in on a little secret.  Those who read my writing, especially my poems, are the people who will know me the best.  My writing never hides anything.  It is open, real, and completely me.  So as my readers, you have a very special advantage.  You have an outlook into my personality, my experiences, faults, likes and dislikes.  And through my writing and the Holy Spirit's work through it, I hope to someday, somehow, at some point, touch someone's life.

And that is just about all I have to say today.  See you next week!
Write on and read on, dears....:)

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