Please, take a few minutes to write something beautiful today – and, if you wish, send it to me.
Such writing shifts things within us, sets our heart on seeing beauty.
Uplifts.
I discovered this in a moment of desperation.
My sons were preteens when multiple pressures demanded I land a part-time job teaching writing at a local community college.
Mostly, it was a pleasant, inspiring experience. The adult students were often late, arriving after work by public transportation, sometimes after a second job..
One evening a married couple entered the room while engaging in a raging vicious and rather abusive domestic argument.
Once the couple was seated I knew I had to do something to ease the tension.
“Welcome,” I said, “I am glad you are here.”
Where I got this from I don’t know:
“Everybody, please, take a blank sheet of lined paper and let’s take 7 minutes to write something beautiful. Anything. A short poem, a vivid joyful memory, perhaps something about a gift you gave or received. I am also going to write. You will have an opportunity to read what you have written to the class if you would like to.”
Within 15 minutes there was widespread healing, weeping as students volunteered to read their writing.
May we all write something beautiful today.
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