Have you ever had something that just kept nagging at you? And no matter how hard you tried you can’t seem to shake it, and no matter how you try to ignore it, you know it’s something that your supposed to be doing, something God is leading you to, and all the plans you had for your life are on hold, because your moving in another direction, not knowing where it’s taking you, or who you will reach, or who will be following along going through the journey with you. Life can very often be so challenging, when we expect things to go one way, and it doesn’t happen It can throw us for a loop, as the saying goes If you want to hear God laugh, tell him you plan. We can get so caught up in feeling like things should have gone one way, or another and we can spend so much time brooding on what might have been, not realizing that it was not meant to happen the way we planned or wanted in the first place, or that it’s not the time, or that God is saving us or protecting us from something or delaying or stopping it all together, or, that he just has something much better in store for us, but not knowing where the thing is taking you, or who you will reach, who you may help, or who will even be following along going through the journey with you is the the scary part. Well, if you’re at that place, like or not, the only thing to do is surrender to the process and go where life is taking you. Writing has been for me as long as I can remember a form of solace, a form of therapy sort of speak, to be able to write down whatever you’re feeling, in whatever way you choose, without hurting anyone’s feelings or being concerned about how the other person will take it, all while trying to process what I’m feeling and be totally frank in my writing, and get out and release the things I’m feeling on paper, has been so therapeutic, writing down what I’m thinking and gathering thoughts without interruption, judgement or disagreement of how I should be feeling, it all gets worked out through the writing. It may not solve the problem or even make it go away, but being able to release those feelings, and change the way I may be thinking about it can make all the difference in the world. So write when you feeling alone, when you don’t think anyone understands, when your grieving or dealing with a loss, when you don’t understand why things are happening as they are, when you’re wondering why me, when your mad at someone or mad at the world, when someone has done you wrong, when you can’t understand why things are so crazy, write it down, process it, and let the writing help you figure out what you need to do for you, after all who know you better than you. Writing is not to take the place of any therapy needed, if you need therapy by all means seek it out. Happy Writing