You know you love writing when you don’t have to keep it

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[Joanna Young]

Rosa, I was thinking about you and writing this morning, when I was writing about the breath of life we can see or feel in our writing. I was wondering if you would talk about that as aloha, how we can write with aloha, putting something of ourselves into our words.

And I know you love to write :-)

But it's so like you to surprise me again, to explore the boundaries, to learn more about what works for you and how to let go of things when they're done (a recurring theme for you recently, I think)

My instinctive reaction is to say 'but I couldn't' when I think of letting go of my own journals... but I don't know why, what is it that I'm holding onto, and that will give me some much needed food for thought.

Thank you for taking the time to enter this project Rosa, and spreading the word to your readers.

I know that everyone who takes part will have a different take on what it means to them, and that is why I am so looking forward to reading what everyone says.

Joanna

[Rosa Say]

Good morning Joanna, aloha kaua e.
Ah, to write about aloha, the ‘breath of life’ as the expression of one’s love affair with writing? Now that is an invitation I cannot pass up! So, write on that I will… for now, to quickly respond to “I was wondering if you would talk about that as aloha, how we can write with aloha, putting something of ourselves into our words.” Yes, that is exactly what I would first say about connecting aloha with writing; aloha-filled writing is that which is a transparent view into the writer’s mana‘o – the personally felt beliefs, thoughts, and convictions borne of their values lived in their context (sense of place). Simply said, aloha writing is ‘me, myself and I’ writing.

And yes, though I didn’t use the word here this time (so mahalo for your comment giving me the opportunity!) this may be part of my ma‘alahi mood lately — ma‘alahi being the contentment one feels in a life of simplicity and ease. Journals that I feel ‘done with’ do become part of the clutter I feel I need to clear away. However this is not recent to my ma‘alahi writings; I think I could trace back the very first journal I shredded to 2003 when I moved thirty+ years of writing done in the corporate world to my now-at-home self-employed office —initially one end of our dining room table! As a more practical matter, five years later I have such a long way to go with my de-cluttering! If I were brave enough to publish a picture of all still remaining in my home you would see why instantly. Our ‘empty nest’ is most definitely NOT empty.

Thank goodness I learned about blogging in 2004… much as I love my shredder, pressing that delete button is so much easier and spares the landfill!