Journey of a Writer

Being a writer was certainly not a conscious effort. It is just that my emotions got some sense of contentment in text. My journey as a writer truly began with "Ridwan"- my personal diary. I believe that one day my grand children will read this, as i write for them (my unborn grand children) and they inspire me. Recently at a workshop in the research department, when i was asked to reflect as my journey as a writer... i was taken a back. As i never had seen myself as a writer, despite the amount of articles or life instances that i had written in my past. Looked like that i had taken the writer in me for granted. Throughout the workshop i somehow was feeling good of being a writer and really wanted to get to the depth of how i see my journey as a writer. The process was indeed gratifying and i discovered something me as a writer. Here it goes:

I always write about life and human relationships, i write in solidarity with others and movements that work for the marginalized ommunities, i write for motivating people in their personal lives, i write with humour, i write to connect emotions between two people (a letter), i write to inspire the next generation, i write to share my own life with Ridwan, i write when i am very happy or when i am very sad, i write with inspirational music, art, dance anything that i have found unusual. And the feeling can be translated into words, untill i write i am speechless.