Dec 2, 2009
I am not a “writer”. I have never published a novel. Poetry is not my thing. I am not that eloquent. I love to “spell check”.
I am not the owner of multiple degrees. My awards shelf is small and the accolades are yet to arrive.
I write though. I write to express my thoughts. I write to share ideas. I write for me and I guess in the end I am writing for you.
There’s something about have someone else read my thoughts. It is even better out loud. It’s like a second chance at thinking it through.
Sometimes when I hear my BLOG read, I hear the words I wanted to say but somehow didn’t.
Imagine if you had someone else in your head to read your words back to you before you spoke them. Before you hurt someone with careless comments. Before you said “hate”. Maybe you wouldn’t be so quick to say no or even yes.
Maybe if I could of had you read me my thoughts when I was making all those poor choices… maybe I would have done things differently or not at all. Perhaps I wouldn’t have said some of the things I said or acted the way I did.
Perhaps though, I would not have lived this life at all. There is something about hearing my thoughts with such eloquence and clarity that makes me sound smarter.
Here’s the reality though. Most of us don’t have our thoughts read back to us. We have to trust ourselves. Sometimes that person is a scary person to trust. Maybe, just maybe we’re not supposed to have that angel on our shoulder. In the end the universe might just want us to learn from our own mistakes and have no filter at all. Really isn’t that what life is all about?
I think we actually get this opportunity given to us everyday. It may be the role of a mom or dad, teacher, sister, brother, uncle, coach, doctor, friend, partner, the speaker in the assembly or stranger you meet only once. What if they are telling us that we need to rethink our choices, decisions or path. We choose not to listen though because we don’t need to be “told”. We already know.
I think we are supposed to listen but we don’t. It takes forever for us to learn. Hey, maybe it’s this blog?
In the end I still like it when you read my BLOGS back to me.
Posted by Stu Saunders in Leadership Family Life Learning and Growing on Dec 2, 2009 at 6:38 am | Permanent Link | Comments (1)
Comment posted on Dec 12, 2009 at 5:07 pm by KimPossible (YLCC Member)
Hey Stu! It’s Kim Dawson! I have some “me” time today so I jumped into the sandbox and then wandered over here. It’s funny that I read this blog of all those that I could have. People call me a “writer”. But I don’t really understand the title completely. I think… can’t anyone write like me? I think that most people could if they had trained as much as I have (i’ve probably written upwards of 300 creative pieces in my life, entered contests, led clubs) etc. I feel like some people think that I just dropped out of the womb reciting poetry but i’ve trained, like dancers, artists, athletes, speakers
... practice helps.
I really like this blog and I think that it’s very well written. A lot of the time I feel like I do have another person in my head filtering my thoughts… which often slows down my wit because the other person analyzes my thoughts extensively for offensive material before letting them exit my mouth. This person in my head makes life pretty safe…I don’t offend, but I often miss getting the big laugh I needed in the spur of a moment. I’m not sure of which way is a better way to live. Is it better to step on feet sometimes,and speak without self censorship? Or self-censor with the risk of holding oneself back and the risk of censoring greatness, but never offend?
I know for certain that most revolutionaries haven’t changed the world because of that little man in their head.
I agree through that sometimes we need an alternate opinion. Other people can be our filters for us, can put things into perspective when we are ignorant to our faults. And to listen one has to admit to themselves that they are AT fault, which is the most difficult thing of all.
I’m going to bookmark this post and if I feel as if I need this advice reiterated to me, i’ll come back.
Thanks for sharing!!!!