Writing

Writing has been an important activity in my life. I write lists, which are crucial in my efforts to remain productive and organized. I write ideas down as they come, if I'm near paper and pen. I haven't entered the realm of the Blackberry. I have written 5 novels and scores of short stories and essays. I've written poetry, but I will be the first to admit it is not my form. The process of writing, of externalizing feelings and ideas, is uniquely human behavior. I believe a person's level of maturity is easily discerned in his/her writing. Yet, writing is in balance with experience in my world. Sometimes my need to experience life, mundane as it is most of the time for me, supersedes my need or capacity to write. I am confident I will return to writing when this happens. Writing has become a part of my practice. Through it, I often return to mindfulness from a place of distraction.