Writing Religiously: Born to Write

If you find yourself over a long period of time possessing the unquenchable urge to write, then I contend that part of your purpose in life is to write.

In a letter to his personal friend, Arthur Greeves, C.S. Lewis wrote, “I am sure that some are born to write as trees are born to bear leaves: for these, writing is a necessary mode of their own development.”

Your writing is not mere vanity (though it can degenerate into it), it is not a grab for fame (though many write for only this purpose), it is not a pointless exercise in personal fulfillment (though it often feels like it is). If you possess that unquenchable urge to write, then your writing is a part of the Grand Design, the Master Plan and the Harmony of the World.

Keep writing.