Do Not Mock the Writer
Why do we read? We read so that we don't have to make mistakes, so we can learn truth, so we better understand the human condition. We write to learn to express ourselves clearly, to express truth, in hopes that we will make a difference in someone else's life regardless of if they gain the initial message we tried to send. As writers and readers we sit together and share what we have gleaned as far as truth and beauty. The writers try to understand how they too can write so it makes a change in others. The readers discuss the truth they discovered and help each other to come to other conclusions. No one is right or wrong. Everyone has gained some better understanding of others, life, emotion, or their self simply through reading and pondering. You do not need to be a great writer or reader to gain truth through reading. The writer does not have to write truth for the reader to have come away with a better understanding of the truth. Even if the only thought they come aw...