Script It

If you write your fears people will look and likely not touch meaning it’s easier to read in anonymity than express  weakness. There’s something about writing that sparks an ignition, a revelation a conviction toward changing but so few of us do it. I’ve talked to more people who say I’ve thought about writing as if it’s the year 3009 and we can move text with our minds. With respect, writing is not hard to do because it’s hard to do. Rather I believe it’s troublesome, disconcerting and unnerving.

There are conversations I have with myself all the time audibly and silently. Even in those moments I censor myself because there are things that are so difficult to express even privately that I’d rather think it than say it. Likewise, I wonder if many would rather think it than write it.

Writing involves considering your message, your audience, the purpose of said message and the risk of being decoded wrong (misunderstood). “No one can misunderstand my thoughts if they don’t know them and I can back pedal when I stick my foot in my mouth.” Am I right? But once it’s in print on a blog, in an email, in a newspaper, etc. it’s about as permanent as things get in the modern era.

Writing still has a permanence to it that establishes reputations and more importantly speaks to commitments made. I used to journal sporadically, write quotations on index cards, and even pen letters to the White House. Now the blog is my journal and for me every day’s entry is a query for insight, kind of a prayer in print. The only difference is that I’ve invited people to participate and begin their own inquest. A couple thousand years ago I wouldn’t be raving about the value of the printed word because in most parts of the world the communities were oral. Truths were passed down and the equivalent of written volumes were memorized. Please…I can barely remember my Driver’s License #. Write IT down and see your image in the mirror.