Friday, March 26, 2010

Words Hurt, But We Hold The Ultimate Power When We Forgive

There is a fine line between speaking your mind and being hurtful, we can say what we need to say or what comes to our mind without being mean and if it comes down to being mean we should really think twice before we say what may hurt others, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise.

As a writer I know that words can hurt, and that they have the power, they can hurt more than a physical blow in some ways, they come at us harder and the effects are more lingering...No wonder that so many people have such low self esteem...

You're not pretty enough (Blow)

You're not good enough (Strike)

This person says this about you, and this person says that:

I know sometimes in the heat of the moment, in the heat of anger, or in just plain confusion we say things we should not say do things we should not do, and no matter what anyone says I would wager that everyone is guilty, because we are all human after all, but like Jesus forgave us. We need to forgive just as Christ forgave us, and I am not saying that the pain is going to be wiped away over night, I am not saying that suddenly everything is forgotten and perhaps in the process of forgiveness we will loose those we care about, but our focus does not need to be on that, it needs to be on forgiveness.

So for all of those who have hurt me, whoever you are, wherever you may be, whatever you are doing in life, I forgive you...

And that is where the power lies, the power of forgiveness....

Copyright Michelle R Kidwell

March.26.2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Book Review, Never Say Never By Lisa Wingate


Never Say Never
Copyright 2010
As an author I love to read as well and Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate, was not a dissapointment the story takes place during a hurciane and its aftermath. Kai Miller has not been one to settle down and stay in place for long instead she is more like a piece of driftwood drifting from one place to another, until a Hurricane lands her in Daily Texas, and she meets a hometown boy named Kemp Elderidge, whom she quickly falls for and can almost see herself settling down with this man, but the only problem is he may be promised to someone else.
This book is one I would definitely recomend...Happy Reading

What True Courage Is

I have not given birth but I do cherish children and find myself often touched by their stories...Today when I logged on I read the story of a family that had to make a choice, watch their daughter slowly die from the seizures that were destroying her, or have the surgery to remove half of her brain, the surgery was dangerous but so were the seizures...

The young girls Mother admitted to Anne Curry that the decision was a scary one, but it was one that had to be made...

As a writer I find myself drawn to stories like this, and thankfully this story has a happy ending, the young girl was saved by having this surgery, she lost some perephial vision and wears a brace on her left leg, but she no longer has the seizures...

It is more than the fact that I am a writer that draws me to the story, it is the fact that this story touched the very heart and soul of what true courage is.

One Writer's Life...My Words His Gift...

I sit here trying to think about what to write, how I should be better at updating this blog, this is the life of me, Michelle R Kidwell a five time published author, nothing glamourous but I get by, I cherish the ones I care about friends and family alike, but sometimes I care to much and get hurt in the process of caring, I am told I am overly sensitive or a dreamer, well in order to be a writer I would think I would have to be a dreamer so that one does not really bother me.

One author says even when I am not writing, I am writing and I find that true in my life as well, when I am walking, dreaming, sleeping even talking I am in an essence building seeds for writing, but the glory is not mine but the good Lord's.

I am sensitive and feel things deeply, easily hurt, and easily walked on unfortunately but am learning to develop a thicker skin. I do not think being sensitive is a bad thing in itself, but when it gets to the point that people even so called friends look at you and see a target on your head that says go ahead and hurt me.

Whether I am writing fiction or non fiction I pour myself into my writing, my emotions, my feelings, and my experiences are poured into what I do...

My writing to me has saved me in more ways than one but the Lord's blood was what truly saved me and I give him the glory for the gift of words, even if I have moments when I feel like hitting my head against the keyboard when the words won't come...