I wrestle a lot with writer’s block and also with finding my words. Funny and fitting that I would be prompted to write a blog. Initially I wanted to title it something along the lines of having something to do with being a wallflower and all I could hear and feel each time I got ready to enter the blog title in was an unwavering and convicting ‘no’. I already knew to name the blog Warrior Letters, but I was concerned about whether what I had to say would actually live up to it.
I guess writing this now is a testament in and of itself that all I ever need to do is simply ‘go’ and ‘do it’. A counterpart I’ve been working on a project with recently finished one of many videos he plans to post. We both have shared in an navigated our fair share of setbacks and moments when we both needed a swift kick in the rear to get us going. I have tended to talk myself around in loops before ever settling on the reality that I not only can do it but that I will do it. I hope to soon get to a place where I don’t need the internal dialogue to get started…instead I just know what it is that I would like to say and then I just say it.
I used to have a lot more to say, whether in a small group, talking to family or a friend. Now, with my past view experiences with hard seasons, I have become more contemplative than one who voices it all. I think there is wisdom in that. Proverbs 17:28 states, even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. I can definitely say I have had my fair share of moments of being a fool when speaking, writing, and releasing something before it’s time and when I had little experience or knowledge though I didn’t know it at that time.
Even with many topics floating around from the election to the latest trends, I still choose a route of a limited flow of expression. I’m sure I’ll have much to say here soon enough.
To the veterans of the United States of America, thank you from myself and Warrior Letters for the service that you and your families have committed to giving to this country.
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