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Feeling unable to write is embarrassing .. and habit forming.
Perhaps, my intertia is due to a need to act "correctly"
... and the accompanying fear that I'll sound foolish.
Or worse, chronically negative.
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| If you can't say anything nice .... So then, why I do I blog? |
Her website invites feedback, and though I've never been given to "fan mail" I posed a question and hit "send." Her thoughtful reply, only a few hours later, expressed surprise that I'd read her entire blog. "Wow, Myra. That must feel like reading my autobiography ... which, I suppose in a way it is."
Have you seen that popular slide show set to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "final goodbye"? One phrase just "popped" --
Nobody will remember you if you keep your thoughts secret. Force yourself to express them."
I suppose, that is why I blog. The good, bad. and occasionally. the ugly.
What do you say, let's encourage one another to share what they feel.
Sounds good to me. Although I still think I interact with some of the more intelligent bloggers! At least they interest me. Your blog is a great place, my friend!
ReplyDeleteSounds perfect to me - not only encourage them to share what they feel, but if they feel different - let them express it w/o fear!
ReplyDeleteI agree completely. In fact, a friend has just tipped her toe in the blog waters this weekend and asked me to take a look and encourage.
ReplyDeleteI love that you blog...b/c you do....I've met you. And your words...your thoughts always make me smile. Have a great week out there
ReplyDeleteOh Myra! What a nerve you hit with this post. The Old Salt has been trying for quite some time to convince me that my blog should not be undertaken like a job, but, only written for myself and without regard to how many hits, comments or followers it gets.
ReplyDeleteBut, I am compelled by the need to see my words and photos in print even if it must be a blog on this crazy thing called the internet instead of a best selling novel or the cover of Life magazine. And, if no one tells me that they have seen my stuff for good or bad I feel as if I failed somehow.
Thank you for visiting Not Accidentally and leaving a comment. I love this post about not keeping secret your thoughts. I struggled with thinking my writing wasn't interesting enough at first, but I truly love blogging. I have another blog too---Tin and Sparkle. I read in your bio that you are a Red Hatter, me too---I have so much fun in the great orgainization.
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I absolutely agree!!! While I don't think we should air all of the dirty laundry in blogland, I do believe we must write from a place of honest emotions and feelings.
ReplyDeleteI find great comfort in my blogging friends who allow me to post honestly.
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