Cheers to Writing

I love listening to this song. If you like reggae soul, it's a treat to listen to. It also has a little slow rock flavor to it. It puts you in a 'irie' mood; great for relaxing. It makes me wish I had locks on my hair to shake like a rasta man. lol

A Thought Having a great idea, is like seeing a light in the darkness. It's just like walking out into a beautifully lit moonlight night and beholding heaven in a glance. Good ideas make us feel excited and they can come from anywhere around us: from the water running down your body in the shower, from the sound of your friend laughing at something you are not quite sure of, from the smile of your child, from the sweet taste of fresh ripe fruit or even from utter chaos. But never stop looking for good ideas. If you should want to write something and get writer's block, just take the time to observe your surroundings. Examine it with an open mind. Inhale and exhale, take note of the sounds, smells, textures and all that is happening around you. Behold the story of life unfolding before you and your idea is somewhere there waiting for you to discover it. And the explorer in you will find it, soon enough. Enjoy....

Writing in Action Some people may think writing is useless, but it can be put to good use. Apart from educating people about things, it can be used to help other people and incite action against certain things, such as bulllying. I was bullied in school. I was teased, picked on, called names, ganged and cursed, all that was left for my attackers to do was beat me. But they never did. The strange thing is they didn't have to. The damamge was done. I had internalized the hurtful things they said to me. I began believing something was wrong with me and I was useless and worhtless and ugly and unwanted. And, the worse part is after my bullies were gone I still had the scars of what they did to me to bear. Words are powerful things and they can hurt worse than physical wounds. You see physical wounds hurt, but when they heal, most don't hurt anymore. Or you can take a pill and forget it, or ignore it even. But when someone hurts you psychologically or emotionally, everytime ...

An Ugly Topic There are some things that are sweet to write about, such as love, or chocolate, lol. I really love chocolate. But there are other topics, such as deppression, that are really ugly to talk about. I was depressed for years of my life for lots of reasons. Hardly anyone knew, people just thought that my shyness and withdrawn behaviour was just who I was. Even I had come to accept that this was just me and I would have to live with it. But what they didn't understand was the pain that was inside of me. Waking up everyday to things in my mind that I would dream of forgetting. I used to sit and daydream about being a completely different person. I looked around me at confident people, happy people and I envied them and a part of me even hated them. Why were they so happy? Life was miserable to me and on the outside I was called crazy, because I did stupid things at school, silly little things such as talking to my pen or singing crazy songs, and eveyone was fooled int...