June 14, 2010

I have recently been given the greatest gift in life I have yet to receive; my family. Because of life and life's choices I lost out on so much of my family~the ones who raised me~the ones who I can look into their lives and find a resemblence of me. I suppose on some level it's age and I have come to appreciate how much people mean and the importance of family ties (after all it was part of the greater plan of life). To look at these people from generations ago...to connect it's been life changing in it's own way. Through these journeys I have found that in the late 1800's and early 1900's there was an Author amongst them... so I have pursued collecting his books and reading them to 'connect' with this great person from our past. In the book I'm reading now he speaks of his years in high school and impressionable moments; one of which was in June of 1873 when Dr. John H. Vincent spoke at the school and said "Any man who can keep a diary for two years is a genius." This inspired him to keep a diary of which he later published from. I don't know that I will ever publish my thoughts or works...but to think that choices made can be influenced by a simple statement is enough to help me believe it is a challenge worth striving for...to become a genius? Maybe not in an educational aspect but to think of the thoughts that could be set free...the order and creative power that could be captured by simply writing.... ....and so with many things changing in my life and the 'life' that I tackle or hide from each day....I shall attempt to set a genius free. freespirit1020~