Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.

We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the air, filling our lungs and emptying them. We should begin from this when we need support.

We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.

If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.

It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice.

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.