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Writers and Bloggers: A message for your future selves…
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Writers and Bloggers: A message for your future selves… Look at anyone's bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you're going to find a book that contains wisdom or ideas or a language that's at least a thousand years old. And the idea that humans have created a mechanism to time travel, to hurl ideas into the future, it sort of bookends. Books are a time machine. - Jonathan Nolan Time, Wisdom, Travel For as long as I can remember I have been intrigued with the concept of time travel. Perhaps it was seeing an adaptation of H. G. Wells’s Time Machine but I have always had a desire to be able to reach into time and communicate with myself past or future. I do not have a Time Machine (yet... lol) which allows me to do this however I recently was reading something I wrote over two years ago. It was a short post that I originally shared on Facebook. It was philosophical and spiritual in nature. Reading it reminded and encouraged me, as if an old friend who knew me well reached out to comfort and advise me. I smile as I contemplate how the past me has reached out to communicate with the present me which will impact and influence the future me. As<b> writers </font></b>and bloggers, we reach out to touch the minds of others. However, one of those minds is our future selves. How often have you written something and in the writing gained clarity, focus and purpose in that moment and then rereading your past musings at some point into the future again been inspired! Unbeknownst to me when younger, writing is a form of time travel! How exciting! So here I sit in front of my computer sending a message in a bottle to the future. I encourage you all to do the same and would love to hear your thoughts on this post and what the impact of writing has had on your lives. And then, share that wisdom with others, sharing the benefits and power of writing, especially with those who are much younger and just starting out in the journey of life. Keep Writing!   |
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I loved reading this post!! In relation to most of the bloggers here I, too, am relatively new. I was a language major/English minor in college so writing was always a part of my life. Creative writing was a real challenge as I am a very factual person for the most part. The trick is for me to learn to take those facts and spin them into entertainment words that make you want to read more. I kept a notebook for years full of thoughts and poetry. It was written starting on my very first day as a freshman. My husband got drafted by the Army and the tune of the book changed. When I changed houses about 20 years ago, I read some of it and disposed of it. In retrospect some of it would bear heavily on today's world situation. I, too, am one of those who wish I had not left a part of myself in the rubbish so distainfully (Virtual Symposium Group) use Virtual Symposium Group
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Thank you Annette for your kind words. I never kept a journal when younger and did very little writing back in the day. This was before the common use of personal computers and as a kid my spelling was atrocious! Maybe, if someone would have encouraged me as I am looking now to encourage others I would have written more. My spelling has improved yet even today I am very thankful to the magic of the spell checker. Even then, I made some attempts at writing poetry and song lyrics and wish I had taken better care to keep up with those creations. I thought some of those early writings were quite artful. Later, in an attempt to encourage my first wife to perform oral sex (she enjoyed receiving but it was the giving that was a problem) I wrote a poem I titled ‘Let me be your ice cream’. It was very sensual and pretty good if I may say so. I wish I still had a copy of what I wrote as I would post it here and would enjoy reading it myself. I suppose I am a relatively new blogger here. I have a few posts at this time but they don’t seem to get much attention. The most reads I have received so far is from my very first post here two years ago. I wrote about missing my second wife a year after she had passed away. I still miss her and the relationship we had together. BTW, yes… I have been married twice and I suppose if the right woman would come along then I would marry again (one more time – lol). Thanks again for your comment, Affectionate 69 
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