“Spirituality” slows down blogging
“Spirituality is when the inside of things is bigger than the outside” – Richard Rohr.
I came across that quote while I was taking a look at the new website of St Saviour’s, Bridge of Allan where my brother is rector.
It just happened to catch my eye because I was about to write a post on why I was finding it hard to post at the moment.
There are many times in life when I find my inner world more vivid and enticing than the outer world: I can’t read on the bus because I want to stare out of the window, I’m late for an appointment because I have been day-dreaming in the bath, I don’t switch the telly on because lying on my back looking at the ceiling is far more entertaining than anything being offered to me on a screen.
I’m going through a time like this at the moment – a time when I am being beckoned by my soul rather than wooed through the web. The outer world is small and thin. My inner world is rich and deep.
I don’t know if this is “spirituality.” I don’t know if this is the way of being to which Richard Rohr was alluding. But it is good to name this place and it a good place to be.
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Writing is hard especially for the Web and all your visitors. Blogging made things a lot easier and helped new writers have the capability to create blogs wherever the Web allows them..
Because of this, I am also a blogger.
It is true that Spirituality is when the inside of things is bigger than the outside. It just really shows that spirituality really matters especially to a blogger..
It makes for a blogger hard to write if he/she doesn’t have spirituality inside him/her.
You need to have spirituality when you write in order to connect with your audience/readers. I find this to be so true that at times I am held back from writing a post or commenting on a blog. Guess that’s what you’re referring to here.
My 2 cents,
Nancy
@ Susanette
I totally agree. You will always have a hard time writing about a subject that you are not passionate about. However when you are passionate about it you will find the words as effortlessly as breathing.