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September 20, 2004
Out of the Box
I have a lime green binder at home filled with poems, short stories, some essays from high school and college...writings that I have done. I enjoy writing mostly just for myself. I find that none of it is anything that I would feel comfortable sharing, really. It seems either too transparent, too depressing or too cheezy.
I recently read an article that Fred forwarded me called "In A Box, In A Closet" that was a great encourager not to let your talents remain hidden, only to be found after you have passed on. Now, I'm not saying that these writings are anything worth reading...it actually made me think about other things that I love. I have a passion for working with children, so I've started putting more of myself into my lessons with the children on the Sundays I work with the little ones. I love to sing, and feel that I have a voice that I should be using more than I am. I do wonder if there is a story inside of me that I should be scribbling down, or a painting that I just haven't put the time into...but we'll see.
I know for certain that it would be a shame for any of us to leave this world having kept those things inside.
Posted by stacey at September 20, 2004 09:45 AM
Comments
Thanks for giving me somethings to think about this Monday morning. I miss ya! Hope things are going well!! Talk to you sometime tomorrow evening between 9 and 11:15 pm. Wink, wink.
Posted by: Heidi at September 20, 2004 02:56 PM
Amen, sister! You should definitely scribble, or write or paint or share whatever is inside you! What you have is worth sharing! Bring it on! Find an outlet!
Posted by: Karen Sprengel at September 20, 2004 03:35 PM