I Want to Write

I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all sorts of things that lie buried deep in my heart. –Anne Frank


I often find that others can say things more eloquently than I can, more concisely, and more beautifully. Maybe that's why I'm such a lover of quotes: quotes say something I wish I could say, but I don't know how. I love the feeling of coming across a quote and saying, "Hey, that's what I think, too, and I didn't even know it!" And then it leads me to think about other things, and make connections. That's the reason for this blog: so I can expound upon a quote, add my own thoughts, and hopefully make you think, too. There will be humor; there will be seriousness. There will be quotes (Surprise!) 

So to address the quote by Anne Frank...let me start by saying that I adore Anne Frank. I don't know why exactly, but I do. I've read her diary a few times, and each time I find something that I hadn't noticed before, something that I feel like I could've written, if I wrote as well as Anne. "I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all sorts of things that lie buried deep in my heart." I can be kind of quiet, kind of closed. It's hard for me to share things with people sometimes, so writing is a way of getting stuff out. Every night, I do my devotions, and that includes writing a letter to God in my prayer journal. I've filled more than ten journals, and looking back on them, I can see how I've grown and how God has answered prayers. By writing, I "bring out all sorts of things that lie buried deep in my heart." I share my deepest thoughts and dreams, my pain, my joy, my questions, and my answers. And although Anne wrote her book as a diary and I write mine as a letter to God, I think we have a lot of similarities. Our thoughts on paper are often deeper than those that we speak aloud. We have questions, and the way we view the world, the people around us, and even ourselves is changing drastically. We dream of being something when we grow up. And we both write, not for anyone else but ourselves, not for any reason but to understand what is in our hearts.

Maybe, reader, you will read Anne Frank's diary; I highly recommend it. And maybe, reader, you'll find that you aren't so different from her, either. That you aren't so different from me.

Love,
Erin