It was just when I got a random thought to pen down my thoughts on taking up writing that I realized its worth. Our thoughts are like wanderers. They come and pass by without notice. A thought struck now can vanish away in no seconds. And, probably that is the reason why there are people who carry a notepad and pen with them every other place they visit so that the thoughts don’t really wander away before put on the paper. 

School days made me realize my writing skills that was recognized by my teachers and perceived well. However, I lost touch during my college days. It’s now that I realize how important writing is to me that I have taken it up again !

Amateurish may sound my writing skills.. But, writing is the activity that keeps me pacified. It allows me to express myself [a poorly developed skillset] in the way I am. I need not even think about what others are going to think and interpret out of this. The freedom is mine in its entirety. I am not bounded by any shackles. There are no limits to the thoughts that arise out of this very moment that I have sat down to share my perceptions.

A careful analysis will point out that the most important aspect of writing is developing a well defined thought process. Yes, I meant streamlining of the thought process to reflect clarity of thought, perception and expression. Writing, very unlike thoughts, is not a random task. It needs careful analysis and decision making to produce a final output. One just can go and brag about a likened thing by concluding first and then introducing it to the audience whereby you actually have lost their much desired attention, interpretation and reaction. Probably, this is one feature that we even unknowingly execute while delivering a speech or an colloquial conversation on a trivial subject. Just a spark is needed that ignites the next process and in the process, we find a well written page of our life in front of our eyes !

Writing needs a skeleton and this skeleton provides a well-defined structure to the thoughts and hence their expression or execution. You start reflecting on a topic of your interest and analyze it from various fronts. This helps a lot in decision making process. This way we create our own thoughts that can differentiate us.

There are other things as well packaged with writing. We learn the correct usage of a word or a phrase. Eventually, time makes us perfect in this facet. Each phase of life that cannot be captured in its entirety in photographs / videos / memories take the forms of verbiage.

However, writing is not less than a mammoth task. The perfect audience needs to be identified and writing in a way that the target audience won’t fall to the traps laid by differing perceptions is the ultimate challenge.

In the end, the most beautiful joy I derive is satisfaction. I get a feeling that there is someone to listen to me without any complaints and restrictions. I am a free bird. My thoughts are not rebuked at. The feelings I cannot express with words can be expressed well in writing. The same holds if I have something within myself that I cannot share with anyone else. Then I know.. Yes, I have a true companion – My Diary !

Probably, once in a lifetime, if we get to revisit these pages of life.. We can relive those phases and probably learn from the mistakes / lessons of life for our good and the good of others.

Happy Writing ! 🙂