Pen to Paper

I have been thinking about writing. I have been thinking about this awhile, as evidenced by this past post. I don't really talk about it. I just think about it a lot. I think to myself, I am funny. I am witty. I have thoughts. For some reason though, it's been really hard for me to write them down.

When I write, I usually prefer putting pen to paper. Writing in my Moleskine with my fountain pen, I feel sophisticated and smart. But that hasn't been working for me lately. So, I've just been sort of stalled for a while. And, I mean for A WHILE.

Last week, I had coffee with an old friend/counselor/mentor/wise man. This man has been known to shock people, friends of mine, with surprisingly accurate truths about themselves that he could not possibly have known except through spiritual listening. He has never shocked me before. Until now. During coffee, in the middle of our conversation in which he was giving me some great advice and wisdom, he suddlenly said, "You need to start writing again."

I nearly fell out of my chair. He doesn't know I write. He doesn't know that I have been thinking about writing lately. No one does. There is no earthly reason why he should know this... No earthly reason... So, I smiled, asked what made him say that. He shrugged, told me it's been coming up as he has been praying for me. So, I told him what I've been thinking about lately. I told him that I have been thinking of taking some classes - maybe pursuing a second Bachelor's degree or a Masters... Then, with his help, I came to the realization that writer's write, they don't take classes about writing. I may benefit from a writer's workshop down the road, but not yet.

I need to start the discipline of writing again. And that's what it may be to me at first. A discipline. Difficult. Frustrating. Annoying. But I believe it will turn into something more. Perhaps even something great. I truly believe this is what I am supposed to do. Write. So, I'm going to start writing. Maybe on this blog. You'll have to wait and see.

I start tomorrow.