...the moment of finding is always a surprise; like meeting an old friend never before known.
I am not a natural writer, more of a thinker, but perhaps really along the line of being a soft-spoken recluse. And yet, I have always been enamored by the power of the written word, the power to hold down the passing of the days and etch it into history; the power to reach out to persons you have met but in your dreams; the power to make you vulnerable and yet keep your privacy, a chance to be your true self, to be safe, to express freely without interruption, without second-guessing the meaning of a gesture; the power to make me tender, funny, courageous, seemingly unafraid of anything.
But I guess, of all its powers, the one that appeals most is its ability to enable us to live a life of connections; when writing comes from the heart, it ceases to be about writing, it's all about relationships.