Gandhi once said, ‘Be
the change you want to see in the world.’ Well, I’m surrounded by those
who are the change they want to see in the world.
I never in my wildest dreams
anticipated a group like this. It is a family. More than just a family, it’s a
loving family.
I joined the group to find
help with my writing, motivation and a new level of energy. I hoped to discover
the secrets of the other writers. What techniques did they use to help the
reader see, feel, and experience the thrills, memories, excitement, and emotions
of what each of these fine stories had to share.
I have seen life from the
eyes of others. From fine cruises with great meals-to the oldest student
ever-the gift wrappers-the irate citizen sending letters to the local
municipalities-from the eyes of a daughter writing about her mother and having
such deep love that she volunteered to be stationed with her husband
overseas-and to nightmares of a little boy surviving Adolf Hitler's rule of
Germany. Hitler was a maniac whose evil led to the deaths of millions in World
War II, and has placed him among history's most hated psychopathic villains.
Aristotle writes that ‘the
excellent person is related to his friend in the same way as he is related to
himself, since a friend is another self’. So here in this group, I have
found my other self through friendship and sharing.
We share stories, tea,
cookies but so much more. We share ourselves. Opening up our hearts we expose
our inner thoughts and feelings, from happiness to sadness with some of us still
raw and bleeding inside.
My writers group wears many
hats, as family and friends. All are coming and going. Our leader thinks she has
a better chance of controlling a herd of cats, than controlling this group.
We are like group therapy
members, sitting around a table and having a rap session. No subject is off
limits-sex, politics, health, you name it and someone has either written about
it or talked about it.
I look around this table and
I see adults with the hearts of children and I think of the old Chinese proverb,
"The world belongs to those who
cross many bridges in their imagination before others see even a single
bridge."
This group has imagination
and has crossed many bridges.
We all have agreed that one
of the main secrets of surviving in life is to be able to laugh at ourselves and
to have a great sense of humor. It is said, "Humor is to the soul what rain is to the earth".
So my fellow writers, I sprinkle you here on
earth with a little humor today, and plead that you all have the chutzpah to
face life and its tests, and above all, the motivation to write about it when
you do.
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