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@jess Aw, it doesn’t sound bad. That actually really inspires me. Thank you. 😀 🙂
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@dragon-snapper, thanks, it was good to get it out.
@jess You’re not the only one like that. I love acting and sometimes I have trouble remembering what’s really and what’s not. I dream impossible dreams and waste a lot of my time thinking about the future. I guess that might be why Christ said not to worry about tomorrow. Think about today.
@jess I can totally sympathise. For me, it’s not so much escaping to another world, but I get depressed too and my writing is one of the things that feels concrete, and is always there for me to go to, and won’t change no matter what is happening, and seems to keep getting better even if I do have setbacks in other areas. I can throw myself into writing and the assurance I get from it seems to support me in other areas.
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@Jess that’s not terrible at all. I’ve never really struggled with depression, but I completely understand how writing could be an escape, and that’s okay. It’s good to get away now and then. Even if it’s only a virtual vacation. 😉
Not to mention writing can almost be therapeutic— as @Spradlin said, if I haven’t written for longer than normal (aka in twenty four hours 😉 ) I get glum and flustered, and I think that’s because writing helps me get out a lot of inner confusion and helps make sense of the world around me. It’s relaxing, though don’t ask me how. 😛@Jess That doesn’t sound bad at all. It’s not a sin to be depressed. I have a cousin who had depression for a while, and she’s a Christian. Following Jesus doesn’t mean that we aren’t going to have hurt and hardships in our lives, so I don’t think it’s “wrong” to be a Christian and be depressed. Jesus didn’t look down at you and think, “Why is she depressed? She’s supposed to be following me.” Instead, He hurts when you hurt, and He doesn’t want you to have to go through those kind of things. So that doesn’t sound bad, and I even understand. Though I’ve never had depression, I’ve had depressing events happen in my life, and I want to block them out and escape from them, too. I hope you know that everyone here loves you and will always be here for you, Jess. No one here is going to judge you.
I actually wrote a poem about why I write:
Words of Life
Words are nothing,
Unless I make them something.
Words speak love or hate,
Bring people together or isolate.
Words hold the power,
To help people stand or cause them to cower.
Words force some into a hole of depression,
And leave them alone in this cruel condition.
Too many works of words
Speak death, hopelessness, and darkness.
They rip hearts to shreds,
Give nightmares in beds.
Where are the words of life and hope?
Who will write words of truth?
Who will bring life and hope to the youth?
I could write these words.
The words started coming to me,
They poured from my heart onto the page freely.
I can write these words.
My poems have become more numerous,
As I seek to write words that are luminous.
I WILL write these words.
Have I been called to spark,
The imaginations of those in the dark?
I accept the challenge to be a light to those hurting,
I WILL be the one who writes hope for those yearning.
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I write because I have something to say. I write because I need to write. I write because I’m called to write. I write because I want to change the world through story-writing.
Thanks @gretald. I needed that.
@Jess No problem. That’s what the Body of Christ is for, right? 🙂
@Daeus Thank you. 🙂
Ya’ll there are so many good things here! It made my day to read this.
@jess thank you for sharing! Ya know, this forum is not only to help each other as writer’s but also to support each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, and I’m so grateful to see some real honesty and encouragement being shared. I was encouraged by your post, so thank you.Why I write:
1) Because God is a creative being and He made me that way too. My favorite way to be creative happens to be the art of storytelling. I am deeply in love with stories.
2) Like @Spradlin shared. I write to process things. To process a life event, a certain circumstance, ideas and things I’m learning. If I write it down it’s more likely I’ll remember it.
3) To put my thoughts into comprehensible sentences. I understand my own thoughts better on paper.
4) Simply because I find it immensely enjoyable.
5) Because my characters get lonely if I don’t visit them often enough.https://rolenahatfield.com/
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Ha, ha! I love number 5! My characters are always yelling at more for my procrastinations!☀ ☀ ☀ ENFP ☀ ☀ ☀
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