Welcome to Breakthroughs in Life!
The making of a creative work of art such as this present writing amongst other posts in this blog site, is a task that simply started off as a wishful thinking.
There were lots of day-dreaming at first about what I'd like to be. Many times I would attempt to compose a narrative story of my personal life just for keeps. In fact, I still have drafts of those materials in my file.
But to write for others to read was something beyond the limit of even my wildest dream then. Not that I didn't have a story to tell, for I realize that no matter what, everybody has a tale about anything, be it escapades and other experiences and learnings in life.
The two major drawbacks that kept me undecided for long are: First, my thinking that I am a nobody and I know of none in my immediate progenitor who was a literati. And besides, literature is one of those subjects during my elementary and secondary school days that isn't much of my delight. Even in my first two years in the tertiary level, my focus was business mathematics or accounting.
The other drawback revolved around the question of personal motive and purpose: What for and why would I write?
It came to a point in my intermittent brooding for years that writing, just like any other creative works such as public speaking, fashion designing, cooking, housekeeping, gardening, handicraft making, etc. are "Functions of Creativity" that COME REAL IN THE MAKING. Nobody is born as "IS" already. One has to go, search, and find for his likes and interests, and once found, pursue on it like a thirsty sheep panting for the stream.
The key elements then are GOING, SEARCHING, and PURSUING amongs the myriad of choices around. Skills development and mastery of a chosen craft follow suit as a consequence of constant practice, diligent exercises, and above all, faith and persistent patience and endurance from start to finish.
The other drawback that seemed to hold me in going all out is the question of what to write and what for. Well, I understood that motive and purpose differ and vary in each individual person. Furthermore, motive and purpose are determined and conditioned by personal values, conviction, system of beliefs or world views.
What motivated me to write, what to write, and why write is: Firstly, my conviction that as the "Masterpiece" of The Eternal Creator, I need to live up to why I was made alive for. I believe that you, me, and every rational & free moral being is designed and made in the beginning in the Image and Likeness of the Eternally Creative God of all creation. Secondly, The goodness, truth, and beauty that I learned and enjoyed in life are far too precious for me to keep all to myself alone. I must share them as I do now.
Hope you enjoy and love seeing even a glimpse of it just for the moment.
BE MY GUEST!
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