Why do you want to write? This is a good question for A Writer’s Journal (a collection of inspiration and ramblings of a writer), and I am asking it as much for myself as I am for you. Why do I (we) want to write?

Words are most beautiful when they are allowed to express themselves, flowing naturally to what they need to say and where they need to be.

I want to write beautiful words, not for the sake of beauty itself but words that transcend and alter humanity in some way. Words that go beyond inspiration and sit deep at the souls of people who read it, begging for something to change — and then it does, they do.

A big feat, I know. And so I will journal and hopefully unearth a deeper understanding of myself—my beliefs, strengths and weaknesses, so that when the time is right, the words will come and flow. I am finding a weakness—why was it so difficult for me to write the word “strengths”? It was as if I had none and that could be seen merely through the written word itself.

I must work on that. (And on sentence and paragraph structure).

I have to learn that it is okay to be strong, to know something well enough to share it, and most importantly, to honor myself as worthy. I feel with great passion that others are worthy, their thoughts matter and their words matter, but why can’t I feel this for myself—do I really have to be sub-par for others to be great? Can’t we all be great (me included)?

I am not a “deep” person. Ask anyone who knows me. They will say, “Deep, Lori?” as they fall to the floor laughing. But as deep as I am not, I will continue to write and learn and grow—hopefully then I will find the depth and strength I long for, or maybe if I’m lucky, they will find me.

Why do you want to write?