Oh, how every word of this interview rings true!
http://www.parentous.com/2015/03/09/an-interview-with-natasha-badhwar/
I identify with so much, although I'm not yet at the parenting stage, and I don't think it's for me at this point in life. But still, the entire interview makes sense. Just plain, simple, unpretentious, common sense.
"Sharing is caring" indeed and what a wonderful thought that each of our stories are valuable, to be shared, celebrated and validated - all our stories are "for listening and identifying with", that we are "important" and that we should "talk about ourselves." Well, yes, this may touch on narcissism or vanity, but you never know how your story is maybe helping another cope through his phase of life - by either agreeing or disagreeing with it. Identifying with a story - identifying with your story.
And oh, talk about the many life inspirations, the people who become your inspirations - the ones that bring out the best in you. Then there's also the best brought out in you when you crash and burn and reinvent yourself - " I wouldn't have picked myself up and created a new me if I hadn't crashed so hard." Becoming the best - soaring to a higher you through inspiration or because of hitting the ground hard in failure - diametric, poetic, effective. But, this is our greatest strength, the ability to get back up after falling, and get back up, better - "to recover, survive and flourish."
Here's also channeling all my restlessness and pensive gloom, and heartache into my writing as I have channeled my "extreme sense of joy, disdain and anger into my writing" earlier. Because, if you can't keep the innocence of a child within you, and delight at the world with a childish joy, what sense is living? To light up your surroundings with your enthusiasm about the little things in life, to bloom brighter than happy yellow sunflowers because "your vibe attracts your tribe." Ideas from a March 9, 2015, HONY photograph.
Badhwar hits the nail on the head in that interview describing innocence as "an intrinsic human quality" that's very "precious and real".
This beautiful article on writing published in The New Yorker lifts my heart and reaffirms much that I believe in. That diversity - of people, their beliefs, backgrounds, roots, orientations - enriches life. "The worst mistake anyone can make is to perceive anyone else as lesser." And writing is about baring your soul, or getting an uninhibited look into another's soul. It's about sharing your experiences, "cloaking experiences" in words and making experiences that occur in "unsayable spaces" tangible. The author quotes Rilke's advice to writers penned in his Letter to a Young Poet. I think I've just found my next favourite writer. This article too champions keeping the innocence of youth in you which sometimes gets jaded by experiences, as you go father in life. These stories and experiences are then, to be shared with a writing that is "heartfelt, quiet, humble, sincere; and use to express yourself the things that surround you."
I love that I've found pieces of writing that resonate with me. Thank God for writers.
http://www.parentous.com/2015/03/09/an-interview-with-natasha-badhwar/
I identify with so much, although I'm not yet at the parenting stage, and I don't think it's for me at this point in life. But still, the entire interview makes sense. Just plain, simple, unpretentious, common sense.
"Sharing is caring" indeed and what a wonderful thought that each of our stories are valuable, to be shared, celebrated and validated - all our stories are "for listening and identifying with", that we are "important" and that we should "talk about ourselves." Well, yes, this may touch on narcissism or vanity, but you never know how your story is maybe helping another cope through his phase of life - by either agreeing or disagreeing with it. Identifying with a story - identifying with your story.
And oh, talk about the many life inspirations, the people who become your inspirations - the ones that bring out the best in you. Then there's also the best brought out in you when you crash and burn and reinvent yourself - " I wouldn't have picked myself up and created a new me if I hadn't crashed so hard." Becoming the best - soaring to a higher you through inspiration or because of hitting the ground hard in failure - diametric, poetic, effective. But, this is our greatest strength, the ability to get back up after falling, and get back up, better - "to recover, survive and flourish."
Here's also channeling all my restlessness and pensive gloom, and heartache into my writing as I have channeled my "extreme sense of joy, disdain and anger into my writing" earlier. Because, if you can't keep the innocence of a child within you, and delight at the world with a childish joy, what sense is living? To light up your surroundings with your enthusiasm about the little things in life, to bloom brighter than happy yellow sunflowers because "your vibe attracts your tribe." Ideas from a March 9, 2015, HONY photograph.
Badhwar hits the nail on the head in that interview describing innocence as "an intrinsic human quality" that's very "precious and real".
This beautiful article on writing published in The New Yorker lifts my heart and reaffirms much that I believe in. That diversity - of people, their beliefs, backgrounds, roots, orientations - enriches life. "The worst mistake anyone can make is to perceive anyone else as lesser." And writing is about baring your soul, or getting an uninhibited look into another's soul. It's about sharing your experiences, "cloaking experiences" in words and making experiences that occur in "unsayable spaces" tangible. The author quotes Rilke's advice to writers penned in his Letter to a Young Poet. I think I've just found my next favourite writer. This article too champions keeping the innocence of youth in you which sometimes gets jaded by experiences, as you go father in life. These stories and experiences are then, to be shared with a writing that is "heartfelt, quiet, humble, sincere; and use to express yourself the things that surround you."
I love that I've found pieces of writing that resonate with me. Thank God for writers.
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