Write for Your Life

Writing is a method of paying attention to the experience of being alive. More than just putting words on the page, it is about engaging with the world in an attuned, open, and curious way. Whether it’s writing essays, painting, dancing, or cooking — it’s all variations of the same act: A way to show your work as you figure out how to be alive.

Writing can't change the story, but it can change how you think about it. It can change how you feel about it. It can change what it means to you. It can expose little nuggets of truth buried in the sand of your story. It can change the spiritual lessons learned and the spiritual risks taken. It can change your relationship with the people involved

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writing is how you clarify your beliefs in order to make them useful to others

which in turn prompts conversations which help further clarity your thoughts and lets you be of greater & greater service

If the only point to writing were to transmit information, then it would deserve to become obsolete. But the point of writing is to create information, not simply to pass it along. In the past, educated persons used journals and personal correspondence to put their experiences into words, which allowed them to reflect on what had happened during th

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