isola to juliet

"I see it that you cared to know about us, so I guess you would like us to know about you--only you just didn't happen to think of it first."

-- excerpt from The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by MaryAnn Shaffer and Annie Barrows

This is brilliant. How I wish I could be this forward. I really do want to know about you. I really want you to know about me. I really want to be friends. Deep down, I think all of us want to be friends. So why do we "play it cool?" Let me try again.

Just so you know, I find you fascinating. Will you tell me about you?

And yes, I mean it.

to create

The closer I move to my Savior, the more I feel inclined to write. Anything. At all. I want to create. As women it seems to be a crucial part of our role. I believe both the ability and the desire to create come from God. What a wonderful blessing for the women He created himself. (Elder Uchtdorf spoke about this). Thus, to truly be like God, don't we too need to create? Anything. Music. Flowers. Food. Dancing. Cleanliness. Life. Beauty. Love. Happiness. Music. The written and spoken word.

Indeed He is a creative being. So when I feel close to Him, I feel inspired. The ideas flow. Often, when my pen touches paper, what comes out surprises me. It is not what I was thinking about or intending. It seems to be the true, honest and spontaneous feelings that are within me which often, I had not yet acknowledged. Boom. The truth revealed, in so many aspects.