The 'How to' of Writing
What Your Words Reveal About You
Overcoming the feat of sharing.
Sharing your words can feel terrifying.
Not only because people may judge you, misunderstand you or disagree with you, but because writing has a way of revealing the parts of yourself that you may not yet fully understand. Sometimes the fear is not really about the audience. Sometimes it is about what your own words force you to confront internally.
And I think social media has made this even more complicated.
People are often unafraid to share hate publicly. To troll. To wound strangers with words they would probably never say face to face. Cruelty has become the order of the day in many spaces. And maybe that part should make us pause.
If the words that leave you are constantly venomous, perhaps that itself is a mirror. Not a reflection to be displayed to the world but for you, alone.
A reflection of what may still be unresolved within your own soul.
I say this without self righteousness because I have lived on both sides of it. I have been on the receiving end of deep hatred but in my own unhealed seasons, I have also spoken from places of bitterness, pride, pain and anger.
That is the thing about wounded people; sometimes they bleed onto others without realising how deeply they are hurting themselves too.
For me, writing became revealing.
Putting certain thoughts onto paper forced me to confront the darkness I was carrying internally. It made me realise that some of my words were not coming from peace, but from unresolved wounds. Traumas. And honestly, looking at who I used to be compared to who I am becoming now is one of the clearest reminders that God still performs miracles.
What Your Words Reveal About You
“Feminine energy, both a consuming fire and a still stream”
Because there is not a single version of my healing that exists without him.
People close to me know this deeply: I genuinely believe I am nothing without God. The transformation of my mind, my heart, my language and the way I move through the world is entirely by grace.
And perhaps that is why I still encourage people to write honestly anyway.
Not because every thought deserves public expression, but because your words can teach you something about yourself. They reveal where healing is still needed. They expose what bitterness, grief, insecurity and loneliness may still quietly live within you.
So maybe the fear of sharing your words is not always something to run from.
Maybe it is an invitation inward.
A new chapter. A confrontation. A beginning.
And if you are going to leave pieces of yourself behind in language, let it be done with care.
The world already carries enough cruelty.
Let your words leave traces of healing instead.