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Hi and thanks for visiting my blog. Who am I? Someone who, over the last few years, has given myself to long distant walking to begin to discover afresh the power of story and the wonder of the journey. Walking across the breadth of Europe into the Near East and the Middle East has been a huge adventure, fuelling my desire to write and my delight in the power of story telling.
So having walked my way across eight different nations I am now beginning a new journey into cyber space. Think this is more scary than anything that has gone before, so please be patient. If i dont always imeddiately reply then it could be because I have just gone for a walk!
Na said
This has nothing to do with your site but as a budding writer of stories myself i am putting an irrelevant post on your site about spending 21 days on the hop in Zimbabwe and listening to the most heartbreaking stories in the world – strangley i have lost my will to write….
How do you keep going????
Na.
stevelowton said
That is some comment. I need to ponder. Huge thanks for being so honest. will reply tomorrow.
stevelowton said
A couple of weeks ago Na I met with a friend of mine who works in the cancer wing of my local hospital. We had failed to meet a week or so before as she had to stay late at work to sit with a grieving family. They lost a patient that day. I asked her the same question. Not how do you keep writing but how do you keep going into work. She replied that she loved her job and that was enough. What she really meant I believe is that she loved people and that is enough.
I have no idea of the depth of pain and horror you are touching Na but you are in your country because you love your nation and you love your people. If you don’t tell the stories then who will?