Sometimes, often times, I question why I write. The volume
usually rises when I’m writing those tender places - fear, loss – and when I
doubt that my story has anything to say to the world. That’s when I turn to the file of quotations in my laptop;
here’s some wisdom I found there this morning.
“ I have felt the pain that arises from a recognition of
beauty, pain we hold when we remember what we are connected to and the delicacy
of our relations. It is this
tenderness born out of a connection to place that fuels my writing. Writing becomes an act of compassion
toward life, the life we so often refuse to see because if we look too closely
or feel too deeply, there may be no end to our suffering. But words empower us, move us beyond
our suffering, and set us free.
This is the sorcery of literature.
We are healed by our stories.”
~ Terry
Tempest Williams
from “Undressing the Bear” in An Unspoken Hunger
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