Write from the Heart

I find that if I stop to think about what I'm writing about for too long, I start to tweak it and it becomes disingenuous... I don't even know  if that is a word, but that is what my writing becomes if I stop too long to think about it.  That clever "critic" come in to the room, looks over my shoulder and says things like, "you shouldn't write that, that sounds silly, people are going to thing you're crazy!"

It's amazing how I've learned to quiet that voice, but not completely block it out. ( My heart thumps loudly in my chest as I'm writing this.  My mouth goes dry and I gulp). Journeying to the center of my angst can be a sometimes treacherous and bumpy-to say the least- journey.  It never occurred to me how many lies we tell ourselves daily, to keep ourselves going, to make ourselves and others comfortable.

I have had to be committed to telling the truth while writing this. I have probably typed  some deceiving editiorial while typing this blog some mornings.  I have only to go back and look at my previous posts to see what they are.

But, one thing that I'm aware of is that my truth is not necessarily someone else's.  That's different from lying.  The problem with American society or societies in general is that we have a tendency to impose our truth on someone else, while denying theirs.  That is counter-productive and dangerous.  Not only, for the person imposing that truth and denying it, but also for the person being imposed upon and denied.

Statistics state that only 10% of the population  actually thinks. (My best friend who is now deceased told me this, to explain the madness that occurs these days, I'm not sure where the figure comes from, but looking at the state of the world these days, I wouldn't doubt it.).  That explained to me how we can allow our children to be sent to war, leave ourselves open to become prey for financial predators and how we can allow our lawmakers to run amock contrary to our best interests and say nothing.

This not intended to be a political blog. These are just some questions that popped into my mind on a Monday morning as I'm coming off of the weekend working, and going to work this morning. What are you thinking about?