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to write or not to write

I’ve loved words for as long as I could read.

their ability to convey smells, and sounds, and taste;
to make you laugh and cry and keep you hostage within the world they’ve created,
a world that did not exist until you’ve opened the cover…

the warmth that comes with feeling my eyes making contact with the words on the page and have meaning rise up and echo in my head…

stopping at times because I needed to savor them for a second longer: somber, wistful, corporal…

as a child, I remember frequently retreating in my head, arranging and re-arranging the same sentence, over and over again, for hours, looking for the perfect formula that, of course, did not exist

it’s really no surprise that it’s taken me 25 years to unearth this desire to write…

publicly accountable this time, as a grand gesture of courage and stupidity (same difference?)

at the risk of tumbling head first into embarrassment, I’m now attempting to do in words what I had previously only done in thoughts…

the greatest gift of all.

I’ll see you tomorrow.

today is day 186 of the year, there are 180 days remaining of 2022.

Bianca Dămoc

Bianca is a marketer and consultant with over a decade experience in the field. She loves hiking and running (not always from her problems.) See what she's up to now, or see if she can help you in your business.

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