Writing

Writing has the power to make us happy. Happier? Yet, some writers, good writers, writers with publishing ambitions, go hide in secret, barricaded Nirvanas called secret Blogs or somesuch. Private? Nah. If only one person has access it ain't private. It's servant and slave, ha ha ha....

My adult daughter and I exchanged emails the other day, maybe six or eight, and regardless of content the exchange made me feel oh so great! But the dialog wasn't really private. After all we are father and daughter.

Private.  What's private? One definition goes something like, 'doing something in a room that you would immediately stop doing if someone were to enter.' Or, threaten to enter. Or, if you imagine someone might enter. Some acting classes have as an exercize doing something, having a "Private Moment," that one would instantly stop if the presence of another seemed possible or likely. The idea being that what is truly 'Private' is also what is truthful. Actors tell us they want, more than anything, to be believed!

One secret to a good relationship might in many instances be the ability to share what's truly private. Sharing nothing that is private is most likely only an accomodation. Lovers have reported feeling as one. Private.

It's been reported that the Sacrament of confession by Catholics has in recent times been on the wane. Down to something like only 34%.  The import of this is that taking Holy Communion not in a State of Grace (having committed an unconfessed whopper) is a large sin.

Now my readers are down to zero, right?  Ha! ha ha ha ha ha...........sob.....

Point: The Confessional is private. I mean, imagine the druggery for the poor, well-intended, priest having to listen to all that garbage day after day after day! And for virtually no pay!

That might seem trivial, worrying about the decline of the Confessional chamber/box.  Yeah, but what about the precipitous decline in Freudian analysis?! Present day humans have no guilt, no sin, no worries, fears, declines in energy and goodwill toward men women and children?????? Rubbish.

Where does one go to purchase the complete works of Sigmund Freud?! I wanna study up. Freud had an enlarged appreciation for the importance of the 'Private.' He oughtta get a postumous Oscar. Come back Sigmund, all is forgiven. We forgive you for embarrassing us so often and so deeply and so hurtfully. Boo hoo! sob sob sob.....

Writing, my writing anyway, is mostly bragging. I'd like to veer slightly more toward the private without getting my ears boxed. Know what I mean?

Luv yas all................

Barry

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