Just write, the experts say; write by hand,
 let the words flow, don’t edit, just write, 
get a beautiful journal and find the perfect pen,
 and write. . .  


I reach a point where writing by hand is physically painful, the flow of the words 
slow and labored.

I start a journal on my computer
 but wonder. . . 
is it the Hamburger Helper of writing? 
So I keep at the beautiful cloth journal, but the entries are 
scattered and brief.

Sporadically I open the pages 
on my computer and write, and watch as the words flow 
openly and free across the white pages. Unlearning and learning, I keep at it.

“The timeline of your life is not a straight line, after all; it is a series of ebbs and flows, backs and forths, heres and theres. You are nowhere and everywhere all at once, and that means that most of the time, the best you can do is be present to the moment, be open to the unlearning and the learning, and trust that you’re doing the work of Love.”

― Kaitlin B. Curtice, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day