I will never know if my words landed in a place that brought a tear, a smile, or a need to touch. I am, however, encouraged by all those out there who have blogged before me. Writers fill the pages of a book or internet with their trembling vulnerability. I admire that so much. I hope I will write like that sometimes at least- just put myself out here on this page, and offer a gift in the telling and the reading of my simple stories. The gift is unwrapped in our somehow feeling a little less alone as we do connect in this way. Somewhere a writer has been able to risk enough to say something that makes me want to reach out and touch you, and say “me too”. I guess if I have any hope for my new blogging life, it’s just that. I hope you’ll laugh, or cry, and sometimes say, “me too”, agree or disagree, and that through our writing and reading and responding, we can all feel a little less alone. There, I did it. I’m out here on a limb, but the tree is strong that holds me. There’s no going back into the cocoon now! I wonder, what are you experiencing that might be similar? Is there a new creativity emerging? Come on out on this strong limb. The tree will hold us as we learn to live outside that cocoon now.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
I’m coming out of my cocoon, shedding skin. I’ve never blogged before! This is a first step for me, and I take it with a bit of timidity to be honest. I do enjoy face to face conversation. I like to know who will be reading my words, or much better, hearing them. I look forward to a live response – a smile, a tear, a puzzled frown, a hand reaching out in compassion or to the face looking back in shock! In my former “preaching life”, I certainly faced many of those responses to my words, and more! But here I am writing for the first time, in a blog that anyone in the world can read.
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