Showing posts with label story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label story. Show all posts

Aug 19, 2019

remembering moments

Although I haven't been blogging much lately, I usually have a million thoughts whizzing through my head, it seems. It's remembering them for later, deciding whether to share them, and then taking the time to actually share them that's the issue!

I came across an interesting quote recently as I was checking out the site www.matthewdicks.com, on how to remember the interesting stories we live, so that we can write about them later. The question to ask yourself everyday is:

If I had to tell a story from today, no matter how benign or ordinary it may seem, what would that most storyworthy moment be?

Matthew Dick suggests writing this memory down in two or three sentences at the most, with just enough details to remember it later. That's it. He dubs this "homework for life".

That seems to me a great way to generate content for a blog. I'm beginning to write these experiences in my bullet journal. We'll see where it takes me. At least I will have them down somewhere. Perhaps it'll inspire me to continue blogging more regularly.

Oct 1, 2018

~Story~

I've decided to join the '31 days of Five Minute Freewrites' . With a given topic, I hope to write every single day during the month of October.  No overthinking, just set the timer and write for 5 minutes. We'll see how this goes, and if I actually am able to complete this challenge. I haven't done a writing challenge in a long time! But, the way I look at it, some writing is better than no writing. So, here goes! 

This is also my landing page. Please scroll to the end of this post  for all of my submissions for this challenge, as they go live. 

Day 1: Story


Your life tells a story. My life tells a story. Have you ever thought of what sort of story your life is telling? The other day I was browsing through our local free paper. Sometimes I enjoy scanning the obituaries. I don’t live in a huge city, so occasionally  I read about people I know who have passed away. Such was this past week. What I didn’t expect to see was someone younger than myself, a woman I had met years ago when we attended the same church. She was one of those people that made your life richer for having known her. This woman exuded joy wherever she went. She had a vibrant personality and her faith shone through in everything she did. She also suffered from a disease for many years, but this didn’t stop her at all. In fact, she was the friend who had invited me to her home to watch a video documentary over 30 years ago, the one I had mentioned in my previous post.  Her life certainly told a story. And it changed mine. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FMF Link-up {Day 12}
{Day 16 :: Pray}
{Day 20 :: Audience}
{Day 28 :: Song}