I write to express, I write to improve, and I write to inspire
I write things often, ever since I was a young boy I penned down my feelings, my emotions, my thoughts, my prayers, and my dreams. When I struggled to process what I was going through, I found a way through paper, pen, and later a laptop. I found in writing an ability to think and share things that I never could in person, a way to surpass my limitations and to express the reality of who I was and what I believed - even if it was only for myself. For in putting thoughts into words I was able to find clarity and vision. And so, I kept writing, more and more.
Over time this desire to write has developed into a dream of having a voice - of being heard. A hope that I could make a difference - that young boys and girls who are in similar places and struggle with similar things could find the inspiration to change and live free; that men and women caught in the rush that is life might find the encouragement to live a little different; that someone might read what I have written and it be just the thing that they needed on that day. I write because I believe that what I say could matter - and so far what I say becomes the most clear when I write it down on paper. I refuse to believe that I am insignificant, and so I share my thoughts, my writings, my musings.
- Josh
Writing has always been something I enjoy doing. I can spend hours sitting down with my laptop and writing my thoughts, and feelings. Ever since I was a little girl I would always find myself running off to my room, and writing stories, poems and pretty much whatever I could come up with. As time went on I discovered how much I loved writing and how I could express myself so much better through writing than even speaking. As I got older I started to have this desire to share my writing with others, In hopes that I could make even the slightest change in someone’s life for the better. At thirteen I discovered what “Blogger” was and started my own blog. I was by then used to getting criticism from people I knew, adults especially, telling me that I was too young to know what I was talking about. And some criticism turned into a lot of criticism and I let it all get to me. I deleted a lot of my writing, I closed down my blog and I stopped wanting to share my writing with people. I didn’t want to be heard anymore because it brought too much hurt.
Fast forward to the beginning of 2020. My good friend Josh had a blog. I just remembered as I was reading his posts thinking how brave he was for being so willing to share so much of his thoughts and his opinions in hopes of challenging and encouraging someone. As we were talking about his blog I decided to show him some of my writing and he asked me why I didn’t share it with people. I didn’t really know what to say. I didn’t want to admit that it was fear. Then the idea came of “What if we co-wrote a blog together?”
I don’t hold back very much when I write so the thought of people reading my thoughts and feelings, and struggles scared me a lot. Fear was the only thing keeping me from it. The more I prayed that God would help me make the decision, the more I realized that I was holding on to that fear, it had become so big that I felt I had no control over it, but God was right there all I had to do was give that fear over to him. The more I began to learn how amazing and powerful my Father is, the less I feared people.
Now I write because I’ve realized that what I have to say matters. The struggles I face maybe ever so difficult to share sometimes, but If they can help even just one person to realize that they can overcome a struggle in their life then it’s worth it.
- Sarai
And so as Musing’s of Young Individuals is born we are beyond excited to see what God is going to do and grateful for all those lives that might be changed through this blog.
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