The Gift of Literacy October 5, 2013 There is something so amazing and so special and sacred about this ability to read and to write. This gift of literacy, in other words. To be able to read the words of someone who sat somewhere and penned them (or carved them) 100s and even 1,000s of […]
Writing to Ponder and Hear
PERSONAL/SHARING AT THE ONLINE MEETING October 1, 2005 (Note the date. This is the text of a share I posted at the Heart t’ Heart online phone meeting on this day.) Hi. Colleen, here. Grateful to be here. Grateful for your friendship and fellowship in recovery. Grateful for the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus […]
Writing Prayerfully
Writing as I receive inspiration, insights, impressions (revelation) slows me down so that I take the time to let the eyes of my understanding work. In other words, so that pictures, vision of what the thought (words) means, can come into my mind. When I pray or ponder without writing I fly by the words […]
The Most Irreplaceable Creature of All
It is tragic to me that people go through day after day of their lives, maybe their whole lives, and never write one thing down. I don’t mean letters to others or lists of things to do–I mean things about themselves, about what they think, feel, wish, hope, dream, care about, don’t care about. Don’t […]
When No Offense Is Meant
Good morning! Hope you are having an insight-full day. In other words, hope the light is as bright and clear inside as it is outside on this cloudless summer morning. As I posted a few days ago, I’ve been reviewing my journal entries of 2002. Doing this review work is by far the most exciting […]
Writing Prayerfully Every Day
I attended the Heart-t-Heart online meeting this morning, and as always was so blessed by the experience. Here’s what I shared about the tool (gift) of writing: Hi, Colleen here in beautiful Cache Valley, UT. I would like to share on the tool of writing and how it has become such a tool of sanity […]
Hanging Out on the Page
WRITING, just hanging out on the page Not reporting, or performing or anything else. Just “hanging out.” I think hanging out is one of the most neglected arts in human life. I think it’s one of the healthiest things we can do–mentally, physically and spiritually. Just be. Not with any adjective attached to it. Just be. […]
Keyboard or Pen?
When I journal, I keep skipping back and forth between wanting to use a pen and wanting to use this keyboard. I can certainly write faster on the keyboard, but not with as much expression. It is a constant struggle in me. I want to let go of the struggle. What is the root of […]
Write What You Hear
Good writing is at its very best when it is full of sensory words that let our reader see and hear and smell and feel on their skin what we, or our characters, are feeling. Some time ago, I took a great class that required this exercise: Write what you hear. First, write a “bullet list” of […]
Learning from One of the Best
Over the last few days I have read Linda Joy Myers memoir, Don’t Call Me Mother. It has been such a beneficial experience for me–a blessing from God, with intent behind it. The blessing has been to see several different techniques used and not just expounded about. Those techniques are: • alternating happier and sadder […]