My journals, dating back to 1998
"What you thought to draw lifts off the paper, as what you love slips from your heart."
- Rumi
- Rumi
I began to keep a journal when I was eleven years old. 21 years later, over 100 journals line my bookshelves, and the number grows by the month. My journals are the mirror of my soul; I see things in my writing I could have never seen on my own.
In a step of evolution, in March 2007 I began to write for Seed of Devotion.
First of all, to share one's work with others demands the best of art. I must write well. Every time I publish a post I get pushed past the edge of good writing.
But I never reach the perfect, final edit. How humbling.
And second, to share my realizations with others demands almost gruelling authenticity. I explore my own soul, and then with integrity put it on paper.
Very scary.
But I figure that life is short. All too soon, I'll pass from this world, and the only trace left of me will be my writing.
I might as well share my heart.
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