by Dan Masterton
I remember reaching out to a friend who I wanted to join this blog as a partner writer. She is a thoughtful, wise person, a committed Catholic, and a fabulous pastoral minister. I was hopeful she would say yes — and she did and wrote here for a while — but it was the way she said yes that has long stuck with me.Her yes wasn’t conditional but did strike upon a different mindset for writing and sharing:
“Having the space to write about whatever as well as the accountability actually to write it would cause me to be more conscientious about reflecting well. Then hopefully those articulations may help other people.”
She continued, “I think Restless Hearts works where it is, and if God wants to use it for something more, he'll make it happen, and I appreciate that you seem content with either.”
I loved the ideal she expressed here, and it put to words something I’ve always tried to hold closely when I write and post. While never totally immune to the glory of pageview counts, my hope was always that I could keep writing and sharing just to engage people, whether seen in shares and comments or on side texts or even never seen at all.
My friend here highlights the potential nature that writing and sharing has to be simply gift, and it’s something I’ve always held on to in order to help keep myself grounded (and partly because I’m a terrible promoter and marketer!).
So on I go, doing my thing, for my own spiritual rumination, as a hobbyist outlet, and hopefully and perhaps as a bit of an engager for some readers (and listeners!).
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