Blog Thoughts

I have been reading a lot lately. I enjoy reading because it gives me a new perspective, helps me practice empathy and it briefly takes me out of my world and places me in the world of another. When I put a book down, either for the night or at its complication, I notice my thoughts begin to mimic the tone of the writer. I wonder how they would write my thoughts, what words and word order they would use. This is helpful if you are trying to become a better writer because you learn new styles and practice different ways of articulating yourself. It can also be dangerous because you being to think for an audience, you become tied to the way you think and not your actual thoughts.

I know my blog thoughts are for an audience, I don't know who you are but I want you to know my thoughts are real, but they are manicured in some ways. I use spell check, I reread, I rewrite until it sounds right. But hopefully they convey authenticity and I would share them with you if we were having a cup of coffee. I don't believe a blog is a good place for me to share a part of myself that I would not in any other arena. It could become too safe, I would be sharing without being exposed and that is simply not how I want to live my life.

So please know that these thoughts are meant to convey a part of me, they have depth and strength, but also know that you are not the first one to know them. This is not meant to dishonor you in anyway but to simply hold myself accountable. I love writing here and I am honored that you are listening.