On Writing

Okay, so I saw Freedom Writers today. I have so many thoughts right now...

First of all, I was inspired by this movie, this woman, those youth. Yes, one person can make a difference in a community's legacy. I remember reading the Diary of Anne Frank and feeling the frustration of knowing she died. BUT, she left a legacy in her little journal. Her thoughts are timeless, and, to some extent, even what she went through is not much different than what many kids today go through.

I recall reading Uncle Tom's Cabin and being inspired. One women, Harriet Beecher Stowe, used her words to inspire change. Frederick Douglass autobiography, The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, was also a powerful tool in convincing the public that slavery was wrong. His philosophy was to "Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society."

What if everyone were a reader. Readers of good books, the Bible, blogs, history, whatever? What if everyone wrote down their thoughts, good, bad and ugly?

Sometimes we write just to get it off our chest, leaving the page (screen) feeling a little lighter. Sometimes we write with passion, to show others a point of view that has not been understood yet. Sometimes we write for fun, just a little smackeral of something that tickles our fancy.
Whatever the reason, write. You don't know who you have touched, even your own soul.

Some kids dislike school and maybe rightly so. Unfortunately, that hate steers them away from educating themselves with good books and a blank sheet of paper.

I don't know why I'm writing this except I feel the need to write.

So, tag you're it --- WRITE