Whenever you can, speak with people face-to-face. Say the important things aloud. Get personal in person.
Your words matter, so say them in the way that will matter most.

telling stories through poetry & personal reflections
Whenever you can, speak with people face-to-face. Say the important things aloud. Get personal in person.
Your words matter, so say them in the way that will matter most.
There are some beautiful things these times can’t touch.
Here’s a few.
I used to love writing poetry. I would fill pages with poems and write them in class when I should have been focused on the lecture. I wasn’t scared to put my emotions on paper and bring out something purposeful. As I got older and blogged more, there seemed to be less space for poetry. For a few years, I wrote very private 4-line “poems” to God as a way of worship and I learned to preserve my talent & creativity for Him alone. That was a beautiful season too.
These last few weeks have been a discouraging time for me as a writer. There are so many good things happening in my life (!!), but the change and transition launched me into a kind of “writing limbo” I didn’t expect. But it’s good to stand still, to float in a season of questioning. In the frustrating days that followed, I realized I wanted to return to things I first loved as a child–writing fictional stories and lots of poetry.
But you know what?
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