use your creative gifts to serve someone
I found myself hiding in the bathroom – alone. Being alone is a feeling I have gotten quite familiar with. But this time it felt different because I was in this same position a week ago.
However, that time I wasn’t just hiding in the bathroom. I was silently crying heavy tears because I wasn’t just physically alone but emotionally alone too. Oftentimes when I am in these low places, I find myself returning to my old ways. My childhood loves.
So a few weeks later, l re-committed to my first childhood love – writing. Which is why you are now here – reading this blog. So I am committing to writing a blog every week for the next 52 weeks.
why am I committing to this?
At the time I was bawling my eyes in the bathroom stall, I was already trying to journal everyday. But journaling is personal. There is something different about writing to people. Or dare I say – for people? Because when you think about it, journaling can be quite selfish. Don’t get me wrong. Journaling is very essential. In fact oftentimes things we share online should just stay in our journals. I am the biggest proponent for journaling. But I also want to write in a way that makes someone’s day a little lighter, a little easier and filled with more clarity.
I’ve noticed that oftentimes when I have those extreme crying fits it’s because I haven’t released something. For me, it usually means I haven’t released a gift. I know there something to be birthed in that pain so usually I pick up a camera but lately I have found myself picking up my pen.
using your creative gifts to serve someone is meant to heal 2 people -
the audience and yourself.
Well, if I were to be honest- I pick up my laptop. (An aside, but we must bring back handwritten essays please. I sound like an elder but this generation must learn the beauty in writing with a pen instead of a keyboard. Anyways, I digress.) When I type away, it’s as if the worries begin to release.
They release because I begin writing for someone else besides my myself. Whether that be an older version of me, someone who resembles a younger me or even a random stranger. When I begin to write for someone else I am simultaneously writing for myself. It’s as if using your creative gifts to serve someone is meant to heal 2 people – the audience and yourself.
what should you do now?
Am I saying you need to write today? Nah, far from it. But I beg of you to tap into those creative gifts laying dormant in your life. It’s time to wake up friend and pick it back up. So this is your reminder: Use your creative gifts to serve the world. Don’t and watch it die
This is adulting diaries ep 10. At the time it was called late bloomer diaries but I made this video as an encouragement for creatives to use their gifts.
