We have in life to master our minds, to control our thoughts. Writing disciplines the mind.
Writing controls and enables us to master our thinking. With our thoughts in control, as we know, every thought leads to a desire. Every desire leads to an action. Every action leads to a habit. Every habit shapes our character. And our character determines our destiny. It all begins in the mind.
Cardinal Newman explains why more people do not write. The reason, he explains, is that “I have to read what I have written. I must look at myself as I really am.” Writing is a mirror of our minds. And what we see, we blink [at]. What fool wrote this? I must see the vagueness of my thinking, the inconsistencies of my logic, the triviality my life; and the experience is humiliating.
Writing cultivates the memory.
Writing provides us with a moral inventory. St. Ignatius Loyola stressed the importance of a daily review of our conduct and it put into written form.
...writing in the spiritual life is so important to cultivate the art of speaking.
Too often we speak without first thinking. But we cannot write without thinking.
...“why write?” For the practice of charity in sharing our souls.
Oh dear. So many quotations. I cut out a few. Do yourself a favor and read the article. God bless and happy writing!
2 comments:
Amen to all the above.
These are excellent! Thanks, Vijaya. :)
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