The Beauty of Writing

My English teacher once told me to become a hero with my writing. To give a meaning, a message, to each word I put down.

That even a simple essay can change how someone's world looks. That even a short story can make a person want to live.

I look back on all of my past writing and sometimes think of how embarrassing it is. But in the end, maybe it was all worth writing, knowing that someone out there enjoyed reading it.

Look around, and you will see writing everywhere. The stain of someone's thoughts and feelings. And all of it is worth being said.

Every line of a tv show, every lyric of a song, every stanza of a poem showing one big message: You are not alone in this world.