Hope Writes

Writing From The Heart

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
- William Wordsworth

I’ve been thinking about how much I used to write inspirational things. Before my son, I’d wake up early in the morning (between 3-4 am!) and write solid until about 5-5:30, when my daughter would wake up. I loved those early morning writing sessions so much.

We lived in the country, nestled back in a little hollow with a patch of trees around us. I’d open the mini blinds in the window across from my desk and glance up every now and again to watch the squirrels playing in the trees. I felt so inspired by this.

Then I had my son (almost 4 years ago now) and everything changed. It actually started while I was still pregnant with him. It was a difficult pregnancy, followed by an even more difficult birth. The entire first year of his life was spent mostly at the doctor’s office and in and out of the hospital with breathing problems. Plus, my husband was sent to Iraq for a year and a half when my son was only a few months old.

It all piled up on me. I stopped writing for pleasure and only kept up the pace on what had to be done. I didn’t feel it in my heart anymore. I felt devoid of anything remotely inspirational. So I stopped writing from my heart.

Back to the present…I’ve been thinking about this. Remembering how it felt to feel and be so proactively creative with writing. Smiling when I think about how I wrote for sheer pleasure–pages and pages and pages…

I’ve decided I want that back. I want back all that positive creative, inspirational energy. I welcome it back into my life. I don’t know how or when or why I shut the door on it, but I want it back. I want to fill my paper once again with the breathings of my heart.

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