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Lisa Ro's avatar

Beautiful. And I’m so grateful that you keep showing up where you are. 💛

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Lisa!

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Elizabeth M's avatar

This is beautiful! "I can’t write because I’m living" really resonated with me. I often can write out everything clearly in my journal, but then I'm actually just stuck in my own head. I journal less when I remember to actually live, and your post encompasses that feeling so well for me. I want to actually live more often, and this post is inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing where you're at. Your paintings and poems are also so beautiful.

Also, I'm so sorry for the loss of your cat. Losing a pet is so hard ❤️‍🩹 Sending lots of love!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Elizabeth 💛 so often I feel “behind” on writing, but I’d rather be behind on writing than living! It’s a balance for sure to tend to the words swirling in our heads and not stay stuck in our heads.

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Leslie A. Banks's avatar

“I am trusting I am still Aly, a person who writes

And first, a person who lives.”

Love so much of this post! And also relating a lot to my lack of writing often just being more present instead of processing.

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Aly Prades's avatar

Yes, Leslie! You have such a full life of caring and being present. There will be a time for the output/processing.

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Kristina Tucker's avatar

This was wonderful and so encouraging to read! I love reading about you leaning into the waiting and quiet. Surely, it is in living that more words will be found again- and truly your plunge, paint, ponder practice already shows that!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Kristina! The quiet doesn’t always feel good to me, but I’m no longer rushing past it.

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Ashley C. Shannon's avatar

I love the "trust the process" of it all! So many things pull us away from the page, but I think they are really filling us for the page for later, even our insecurities. Beautiful words! Love this prompt!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Ashley, I love the idea of even our insecurities fueling our words later. Thanks for reading!

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Amelia Jantzi's avatar

Oh I love this!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Amelia!

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Kim Beyer Rausch's avatar

This made me tear up. Beautiful. 🥹💗

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