Monday, October 29, 2012


I’ve been wondering when and if the time would ever be right to resume the craft of blogging. Today my heart is so overwhelmed with gratitude that if I don’t put something out there I fell as though I’ll explode. A few questions moderate my enthusiasm. The first is, “will any one care to listen?” Another is, “who has time to read one more blog post?”

Then, I question my own sanity - why would I choose to engage with cyber technology when it so often confounds my capabilities. This is actually my second attempt at posting for  the day- *sigh* the other one disappeared in cyber space.

Here, then, is merely an invitation to hear what I have to say about this or that…

 

I’m a writer. It’s who I am. I’d like to share that part of me with any who care to know me better. I’ll welcome your comments as a way of conversing in community that we might learn from each other.

 

Allow me to begin once again with this little French Pantoum composed by moi a few months ago at a writer’s workshop – Writing as a Spiritual Practice with my friend, Jan Lundy at the Dominican Center.

 

How do I live my life from now on to honor the gift?
Why do I write?
I must write.
I write to say “yes” to God.

 

Why do I write?
Writing gives me a voice.
I write to say “yes” to God.
Perhaps others will listen.


Writing gives me a voice.
I must write.
Perhaps others will listen.
How do I live my life from now on to honor the gift?

3 comments:

  1. Well, Linda, I for one am listening. :-) Glad to see you blogging again! And, of course, I concur with what you say here. We must write if we are urged to do so, or wired that way, or gifted with the grace of words. Saying yes to yourself, saying yes to God, what a powerful answer. The path of words is holy ground .... Love to you! May you write on with joy and ease...

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  2. Thanks, Jan. Thanks for listening and hearing my heart as well as my words. The path of words is indeed holy ground - there's a sacred story around every corner. Every bush is burning if we only open our eyes in awareness.
    Grace and peace...

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  3. Thank you, Donald Miller for putting it into words!
    http://storylineblog.com/2012/11/01/how-fantasy-is-killing-your-imagination-and-robbing-your-productivity/

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