Your Power is in your Individuality
I recently read a statement like this from a fellow blogger: My life is so boring. I don't have anything to write about. No one wants to read about me.
Sound familiar?
All too often, writers—no, human beings—feel that way. We become so ingrained, so day in and day out acquainted, with our own lives that we forget this truth: We, each one of us, are infinitely more intriguing than we think we are.
Not only intriguing, but powerful. Who else sees things exactly as we do? Who else owns our particular combination of talents and experiences? Who else has the power to calm, to comfort, even influence those special someones in our lives?
No one. Only you.
When I was in college, I had a creative writing teacher, Dorla Jenkins, who had a powerful affect upon me and my wriiting; and one of the things she told us students was: "Your value—your power—is in your individuality."
It's a statement I will never forget. It's a statement I hope everyone, including my aforementioned fellow blogger, will come to believe.
Sound familiar?
All too often, writers—no, human beings—feel that way. We become so ingrained, so day in and day out acquainted, with our own lives that we forget this truth: We, each one of us, are infinitely more intriguing than we think we are.
Not only intriguing, but powerful. Who else sees things exactly as we do? Who else owns our particular combination of talents and experiences? Who else has the power to calm, to comfort, even influence those special someones in our lives?
No one. Only you.
When I was in college, I had a creative writing teacher, Dorla Jenkins, who had a powerful affect upon me and my wriiting; and one of the things she told us students was: "Your value—your power—is in your individuality."
It's a statement I will never forget. It's a statement I hope everyone, including my aforementioned fellow blogger, will come to believe.
Posted by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen at Wednesday, June 27. 2007 
Categories: My Favorite Occupation WRITING
Categories: My Favorite Occupation WRITING
Ronda,
What you've said is so true ... we each experience life in our own unique way.
Nice blog.
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I think you are absolutely right. We all have something to contribute in our own unique way. Thanks for saying this. Definitely something I needed to hear!
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Thank you Ronda. That was really sweet and meaningful. I wasn't the blogger who said those words, but I've thought them.
I appreciated what you wrote!
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