"I want to write things that people want to feel."

 Photo by Mariana Riccio

No one yet has ever thought the power and influence writing can make; from mere textbooks, to newspapers, magazines, novels, and even the varied types of blogs written in the world wide web.

Some people write for personal purposes like keeping a journal (for daily updates) while others write for business purposes or like maintaining a job whatever that is.

It goes without saying that some people react even to the most ordinary caption we make on photos or whenever we send them a simple hello. Whether they feel enamored, entertained, flattered, or saddened, it still gives a clear proof that they get affected by what we write. Perhaps it's not the printed letters that essentially affect them but the message conveyed behind every words that ignites and captures their human minds and hearts.

Just like when I got myself bored and idle at home one Wednesday afternoon. The temperature felt like it reached 40 degrees Celsius and I couldn’t manage another hour of sitting on the couch. It seemed like being cooked inside a big oven. I stood up and helped myself with a glass full of iced coffee and remained standing before the fridge that was widely open, hoping for an instant relief^^.

As I finished the glass of iced coffee and two other glasses of water I still couldn’t help the high temperature so I took a bath, changed my clothes, and walked a few distance to the high way and waited for a ride to a 15-minute drive mall.

The book encounter

I went window shopping and looked through some place to stay until the heat’s not too scorching outside. Not to mention how I was hugely relieved from the hot weather by the air-conditioned mall. I  had a delectable affair with a regular size of Zagu, a pearl drink that comes in three sizes with prices that fits accordingly, imbued with different flavors such as crème brulee, hazelnut cappuccino, choco caramel (that sound and taste really good and are by far my most favorite flavors of Zagu) and different others exquisitely blended with tapiocas. 

I had the chance to drop by the National Bookstore. I accommodated myself in the novels section, then to the featured books section, to the recipe books section and to the self-help books section, phew! And, okay, here was the real story: as I looked over the shelves I came across a book that said, “Men are good speakers, Women are bad listeners”. I didn’t know if I would laugh at the line or get mad with it, all I know was that it really sucked having have to stereotype one gender as being good and the other as being bad. Or do I have to mention that I perfectly belong to the gender that the line utterly quoted in the negative context?

My big disappointments heightened. I kept throwing in words of disgust leaving a bad impression on the author of the book (but peace to him whoever he is^^). Doesn't the line appear too discriminating on my part as a woman to be able to read something that coins the entire feminine gender as the complete malfunction of the masculine species?

Surely, other women especially the feminists would somehow react in the same way I did, wouldn’t they? The line was like a total crap. I felt there has to be a space for gender equality somewhere in that moment. So junk was that line, ditch was that author. I was pissed off and I was in total mess.

But that was long before I realized on my way home, how that very simple line influenced my emotions and made my day so bad. I was affected by the writing. The author made an impact on me. I thought to myself, writing really makes wonders. How it can turn a perfectly happy mood into an entirely opposite one; and how it can possibly touch other people’s lives.

Unexpected inspirations
    

I became more motivated for that reason, to be able to write things that would surely inspire others. I longed to make feelings work for them through the power of words.

It’s not as though I’ve been eager to do it for monetary intentions but rather the pure thought of influencing and making an impact on others through my write-ups.

On another note, I remember one classmate back in college who used to tell my other classmates how I am able to subtly touch other people’s lives and amazingly inspire them whenever I do speaking in school or whenever I do counseling on them. I wouldn't have known until a someone else told me. I was completely inspired to do more speaking and counseling to others, and who wouldn’t be? 

Humans as we are, it is a natural reaction for us to go far from what we used to do when somebody else we personally know or not appreciates our being able to help and move them in ways that we do. It’s our human behavior to do it in order to appeal to the impressions of others and prove it in our system. Consciously or not, it charges up our batteries when somebody caters to our ego. But right through my heart, to be honest, it just made me realize the sense and worth of the things I have been doing.

To speak and to counsel are the things I always love to do. But to have inspired others by doing these things is something I don’t quite expect. Hence, I thought exploring other ways to inspire people--- this time, through writing. To put into words the stories that represent and encourage them, and to hopefully be able to reach out to others who, if God so will, would be able to read my writings and become my regular readers and if it isn’t much, my blaudience. 

There’s nothing more fulfilling than to be able to succeed in things we love to do. 

No one yet has really ever thought the power and influence writing can make. Whether you agree, partially agree or totally disagree with the former statement, it’s still sure fire that you had something to say in mind; you had your own back talk or opinion perhaps. Thus, you were affected by the writings.

After all, writing is another thing that I’ve been dreaming of achieving. I want to write things that people want to feel!

Image Credit:

Mariana Riccio, maririccio.blogspot.com