Live and Love
The feeling is like opening presents during Christmas. You have waited for so long for this day to finally come. There is an inexplicable joy in your heart and you know for certain that whatever is inside the box, it will make you happy.
This is my sentiment about writing.
I must say it, I have postponed writing for so so long.
Back in high school, I had a notebook with all the poems that I have written ever since I started to write. I remember I was in my third year (this would be 9th grade) when I started joining writing competitions. Somehow I always made it in those contests but for the national event. That was the 2000 National Schools Press Conference and I was in the Editorial writing English category. I wasn’t lucky (or talented) enough to make it then. It was a great experience though. Before the writing contest begun we were given some tips on writing by no less than the editor-in-chief of the Inquirer Magazine. (The Inquirer is one of, if not the most widely read news publication in our country).
What I remember about those times when I write, was that, I wrote without expectation. I do not even openly share my poems to my friends except for few of them. I have started writing since first year but I know they only found out I write in our third year. My purpose for writing has always been to express myself and to write out my thoughts. Being in high school and all that changes and emotions we get through in our adolescent years, I was almost prolific. There was even a time when one of my classmates asked me to write a poem for a girl he was interested in. I couldn’t help smiling at the thought of that. Without expectations, and so every time someone appreciates my work it never fails to amaze me. There is a different sort of happiness that it brings, something that I could not associate with anything else.
You must have noticed that my early articles when coming back were mostly about writing. The first time I joined Triond it was because I was going through some rough times in my life and I could not think of any way to deal with it than to write. I had frustrations, I was deeply hurt and to a point that even writing about it felt like a chore. So I stopped, and for a long time I was idle.
I could not remember exactly what spurred me to write again. It was probably the novels and books I read, and then I also discovered this channel in YouTube that plays out really really good music. It must have been the world conspiring to make me write again. The timing is just so right I cannot help but think that I have been pushed (and rightly so) to write again.
Well now I am getting too sentimental, but here is the thing. I was given a present and it’s not even Christmas. This present had been waiting to be opened all those years, and now I simply cannot postpone it anymore. We often hear it said that when you are living on what you love, you will truly live. My present was for me to finally know that this is where I belong. At this point, I want to believe that I have found that missing piece of my being. It is like having a second chance with a love that once was lost and believe me, I know how this feels, I could write a novel about this field. (Winks and laughs.)
This one is for all of us who undoubtedly know that writing is part of our life. Live and Love!
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August 15th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Love it great article
August 15th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
Thank you lauralu, that means a lot.
August 15th, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Thank you Miss Blue Hana. You express so well what a lot of us feel. Writing can be addictive. We can accomplish so much when we write, everything from helping others to helping ourselves.
August 15th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
I would say ‘DEJA VU’.. This has been my past too.. 3 years back, that was first time I visited Triond.. I had many ideas, but didn’t know the method to express.. My ideas got rejected.. 3 years I have been away from my writing, reading novels and learning whatever I needed for my comeback.. And here I’m, 24 articles, none rejected ever.. I don’t know I have the talent or not, but surely all my friends on Triond have made me write with full spirit like never before.. Now, not only I write for myself, I write for my viewers and friends on Triond..
August 16th, 2012 at 12:59 am
When writing is in your blood, you will always have the urge to write no matter what the financial reward is. I think that some writers especially those writing online are only writing because they have a passion for it. If they earned money, then it would be a bonus. You just can’t stop doing what you want to do if it isn’t bad.
August 16th, 2012 at 2:35 am
I am so happy that you reclaimed it! You are such a wonderful Writer and a needed presence, right here!. Many blessings for your future here and where ever else you are led to be. Being able to do what you want is simply a gift. Thanks for sharing your sentiments!
August 16th, 2012 at 6:46 am
brilliant description thanks
August 16th, 2012 at 8:24 am
Great article!
August 16th, 2012 at 8:40 am
Thank you for this wonderful share.
August 16th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Thank you everyone for your comments! I truly appreciate it. I may not be able to respond to your comments in all of my posts, but know that from the bottom of heart, I thank you all!
Cheers to us!
August 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am
A brilliant article and thanks for sharing.
Eddy.
August 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am
A brilliant article and thanks for sharing.
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August 16th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Good work thank you for sharing.
August 17th, 2012 at 11:21 am
Well written Blue Hana ! In my case I had stopped writing for twelve years even more.Until blogger friend who I only met one told me to write again. And the rest was history.
Thanks for sharing your story.
August 18th, 2012 at 10:09 am
A great share, thank yyou.
October 5th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Good article to read and thanks for share