Why do people have writers block? It's crazy to me, I usually am not at a loss for words, but the past few weeks, have been hard for me to put them on paper, or on a blog. I have even been keeping a pad beside my bed to write what wakes me up at the most inopportune times....What is it that blocks my writing???? I am not a shy person, if I have something to say, and need to make a point, I can find a way to make it! But lately, I'm not even sure if I have a point to make? I mean is anyone reading? And just like in the song "Does anybody know what time it is"? From the group "Chicago" (back in the 70s)...Does anybody really care? I sometimes wonder about people reading FB, blogs, twitter, or anything that we say, think, care about, etc...Maybe what I write doesn't matter? Maybe I am not getting through? With the recent onset of idiots saying the world is going to end, maybe no one cares what another has to say.....Although lack of passion has NEVER been my problem. I sometimes get so passionate and trying to elucidate a concept, that I almost go into hysterics!!!
Just the other night, my husband asked me what caused me to go off at his Mothers last month? I remember exactly why....It was something I was passionate about, and he seeing me get fired up, empassioned, ready to "rock and roll" as only I can(I should have been a preacher!),sorry, I digress... I was getting all riled up, and he quietly said, while putting his hand up like a stop sign.. "calm down" . CALM???? DOWN????? CALM DOWN? That was like saying "Stifle it, Edith!", as Archie Bunker( All in the Family) used to say, whenever Edith would pipe up! I am no Edith Bunker! In some circles the husband is the head of the house, even in my own home, we discuss things.....but that DOESN'T mean that I can't have a say or opinion about anything,that we may disagree on!!! And he knows I have a mind of my own, and I know how to use it for the edification and knowledge of others to help or encourage them. Remember the movie, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"? What does Mrs. Portakalos tell Tula just as she is getting friendly with a guy her dad can't stand???? "The husband may be the head of the house, but the wife is the neck and she can make the head turn anyway she wants." Ok, I may be sticking my neck out here, I have always had a big mouth, and I used to as a young person, sometimes say something just to stay in the conversation, and as I got older and into sales, I learned how to use "BS to my benfit", and no, I'm not talking about a Bachelor of Science degree. BUT, when it comes to something that I feel strongly about, you can't back me down, quietly. I was so upset at being told to calm down, I got all emo, and stormed out of the room!
I don't just talk because I like to hear myself talk! No way!! Yet, I may not have a degree from an institution of higher learning, but I do research, study, listen and listen some more, read, look up,learn by sharing with others and try to find out everything I can about things I talk about. I have been told I have a big mouth, and it suited me well all those years in drama,in plays on stage, singing at church and when I was a tour guide, I hardly needed a microphone....but these days, I try to talk to others in a way, that shows respect, gentleness, a quiet spirit, but yet saying what I have to say, so that it can be heard, if the ears of the hearer are set on "listen".
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