the gift of clarity
Back in the good ole days when i was occupying my time as a full time wannabefarmer and stay at home wife, i also got to spend some of my time writing as a contributor for an old friend's blog. The host of the blog presents some sort of opinion question to contributors, and contributors respond. He called it Six Perspectives. This was fun for a couple of reasons - it's fun to spar with other folks' opposing opinions, and because i appreciate opportunities to practicing putting my thoughts to paper and honing my writing skills. One of the reasons i enjoy writing, is that i have noticed that issues and truth become clear to me before my own eyes when i write. Thoughts that i can't fully realize in my head, make sense when i write them down. At least they make more sense to me . And sometimes, it seems like that when i write, truths that i didn't even know, that didn't come from me, appear before my eyes in written form. I'm not trying to be cr...