What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.

We talk about self-expression but need to pause and remember that self-expression requires a self to express.

In recovering from our creative blocks, it is necessary to go gently and slowly... These are baby steps. Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

I am what I am again: a writer. I have metabolized the injury into art.

As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.