Introduction

Welcome to my brand spanking new blog 'Words From the Soul'. My purpose for this blog is to document the progress of my creative writing course that I am enrolling in this October at The Open College of the Arts as well as giving out some inspirational/motivational wisdom to my readers. It has taken a lot of careful thought and planning, weighing up seemingly endless options. But finally I have found the right course for me, a course that will take the best part of seven years to complete.

Creative writing has always been a deep passion of mine. I wrote loads as a child, in notebooks brought from varies stationary and gift shops around the country. I would all most always use one notebook per story. Never finish it then buy another notebook. I have a vast amount stored in my wardrobe. Screwed up pieces of A5 with maybe a line or two, some making for good reading, others hardly legible. It has indeed took me a while to realize that this is a passion and talent worth utilizing for giving me a great sense of fulfillment in life. I do not claim to have a great academic background behind me nor am I a typical student. But knuckling down is the only way I will meet my purpose in life and become a better person, with one eye constantly on the horizon, gazing at my future on this beautiful planet.

As audacious as it may seem I aim to combine this creative writing course with public speaking via Toastmasters. This was something I loathed at school but apparently I was quite good at it. Therefore I feel that its part of my destiny too. I have a keen interest in spirituality and metaphysics. I believe wholeheartedly that everyone on this planet is connected to a source, a soul in which is eternal and that opens up are consciousnesses to endless possibilities. So it would be easy for me to revert back to my old ways before embarking on this course and using affirmations such as 'I'll never be able to do that', 'I'm not that good', 'I'm wasting my time' But the new improved me hopes to take to this en-devour like a duck to water, ignore any doubt and fulfill my destiny as a writer and speaker. 

From now on any significant thoughts that I have that are related to my course will be posted on this blog. I will also be teaching some spiritual and motivational wisdom that I have learnt through trials and tribulations in my own life. I believe that there is a teacher and a student in all of us. Learning is the most powerful tool of them all. It gives us a wisdom so great that we can pass it on to others with enormous passion and enthusiasm. I will be as keen as mustard to partake in the challengers that await me. I will enjoy every second, no matter how grueling it will be because if there's one thing I have learnt it's this; 

'There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way!'