The Power of Writing

THE POWER OF WRITING

Power of Writing

Writing is one of the most effective ways to express your ideas and make them reach to the masses where your message cannot be preached by your physical presence. By writing, I mean to write your ideas so that they could be expressed publicly and people could benefit from those ideas. The average person living on the planet does not want to write. And this ideology comes mostly from their past experiences. You don’t want to write a book because you think that nobody is interested in your ideas or what and how you think about the world. We all think that only other people should write a book. But it is important for you to write a book and share your ideas and inspiration to the world.

There are many great people who influenced their generation in a great way and these people have written books that are still continuing to influence people to do greater things in their life. These people are not alive today but because they wrote the experiences of their life and how they learned from them, their books are still impacting millions of people around the globe.

Writing is a subtle art which can either be used in a constructive or destructive way. There are books which have created and are creating communal unrest and violence in the society. These books have also impacted the people’s thinking pattern, but in a negative way. And then there are books from which you learn the lessons of life. These books give you joy, happiness, fulfillment, hope and serenity in life. Therefore, writing is a very powerful tool by which you can change the world around you. You can convert hatred into love, jealousy into admiration, unrest into peace and suffering into pleasure. So, why you should write a book? Here’s why:

Power of Writing

TO SOLVE OTHER’S PROBLEM: Whatever your age might be right now. But from the time that you were born to this moment, you have had a lot of experience in your life. These are the experiences where you faced some tough situations, unexpected crisis and some good memories as well. You would probably have learned a lot of things from what you have experienced in life till now. Right? You should write these experiences from your life because whether you believe it or not, these are needed by somebody in the world. Maybe you have solved some problems in your life which other people are struggling with right now. By addressing the solution to these problems, you are impacting other people’s lives as you are helping them to overcome that problem.

WRITING PROTECTS YOUR LEGACY: We all know that we have a very limited time on this planet and we are not going to live forever. So, what is the contribution that you are making to the world? There are people who live more than 80 years and when they die, nobody remembers them. What a tragedy! When you write, you will live even after your death. Therefore, your legacy is not protected by the money you make, or the big building you live in or the position that you have in your life. But your legacy is protected by the people. Buildings will eventually erode, money can be bygone and power could be lost but people are the one who are going to survive till the end. By writing a book, you are imprinting ideas on people’s minds. Your ideas can still be alive even after you die! Your ideas can help people around you to solve their problems. You are not remembered for how long you live. You are remembered for how effective you live!

WRITING CREATES CULTURE: Most of you would be knowing that the culture that we live in is not new, but adapted from the philosophies of the ancient philosophers like Plato, Aristotle and Socrates. The Roman empire was the largest empire on the facet of Earth and when the Romans gained dominion over the territory of Greece, they destroyed everything except their libraries. So, the Romans adopted the Greeks philosophy of ruler - ship. The modern day concept of ‘democracy’ has come from the ancient writings of Greek politics. The word ‘democracy’ which is adapted by almost every country in the world first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical writings in the state of Athens. Matter of fact, the word first used was the word ‘DEMOCRATIE’. So we are actually living on the Greek philosophies.

Power of Writing

This is how much powerful writing can be. Ancient books have changed and are continuously changing the way we live our lives. Although, the concepts are many centuries old, but they are still being used by countries. And this is because you can kill a person, but you can never kill their ideas. Therefore, an idea is the most powerful thing on earth.

In fact, if you try to kill an idea, it multiplies. This is why there is so much violence in the countries when a new law kicks into the society. A law is not simply a way of conduct in the society but a laws also brings with it a culture. Therefore, the most dangerous people on earth are not the terrorists but the one who make laws. Because they are not only making a law but they are creating a culture which creates a social norm.

Therefore, writing is very important tool for you to express your point of view towards different aspects of life. A major detour to start writing is that you don’t want to expose your ideas publicly. You may have a sense of feeling that your ideas are not that much important to the world. But the truth is that the world needs your ideas. So don’t think too much about other people’s opinion of you rather just start writing and think about the way in which you can help people and make them better. Your ideas are still important whether you want to express them to the world or not. Just make a start. Getting started is important. You are not only learning yourself but also helping others by sharing your experiences by writing.

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