We often underestimate how the smallest things in our lives have the biggest impact.
When we talk of ‘making something of ourselves’ most of us feel like we need to have a special talent, skill or job. We underestimate what we’ve already got – our opinions, our experiences to date. So we just carry on as normal.
I believe everyone has something of worth to share. For me, I am the person I am today because of the things I’ve read and heard. I can’t put my finger on what it is about them. Maybe it’s the author’s story that touches me, the quality of the writing or maybe the thing I’m reading is just really relevant to that particular point in my life. But I’m thankful there are writers out that there that have impacted me so significantly.
Writers like C.S. Lewis have succeeded in having that effect on millions of readers. But how did they make such a strong impact on culture and society through their literary works? A recent article I read lately about C.S. Lewis speculates:
Throughout the extent of his work, Lewis’s writing is marked by an unmistakable sense of wonder; the kind of tireless curiosity that manifests itself time and again, never in the same way as the last. It was as if each essay, poem and story he penned was at once his first and last, his only opportunity to convey, by whatever illustrious means necessary, what he knew full well he could never completely describe.
People and situations and systems and cultures are affected and altered by everyday people and their writings. You might not think your experiences or thoughts are much – but there are people out there searching for the very thing you’re about to write.
So this is my call for more writers. More writers that ‘affect things’. More writers who aren’t motivated by being the next big name like J.K Rowling or Stephenie Meyer. But writers who simply have something of worth to share that can no longer be kept in their heads.
"The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium."- Norbet Platt
The GOODFRUIT Literary Contest is now open for entries. Calling writers to crowdfund their ideas and make literary masterpieces that enrich culture. Deadline: September 23rd 2015.
Dee Atkins is the Community Manager for GOODFRUIT; a new way to raise funding and build teams around ideas shaping meaningful culture. Dee loves a good book, second-hand stores and putting on new socks. dee@goodfruit.co
GOODFRUIT discovers innovators, storytellers, makers, social influencers and designers with opportunities to give funds or knowledge and expertise in exchange for rewards or paid work. GOODFRUIT is a local, global community where people choose to live on-purpose and shape meaningful culture. goodfruit.co
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