The talk is a reflection. A humble being from inside, wants to listen a lot. Listening is the passive form of talking, but I guess it is where we absorb the world. To understand and share our personality, one should be free from the office politics. "Office Politics," these two words hit me in the face. A free and dedicated employee can deliver to his potential. When the mind is not free and is not comfortable and confined to narrow walls or judgments of a fellow colleague, it becomes difficult to perform well.

I have been working in a very spacious environment. Empathy and emotional intelligence, hobbies and passions are all given a floor to exhibit. Appreciating a quote written by a colleague in the whiteboard of a faculty room, my poetry book being read by fellow teachers. Life has a lot to absorb. Talking is important, but slowly the process has been about expressing oneself well. From an introverted quality, gradual level of communicative behavior is shaped by teaching. Communication is a necessary skill and art. Mystics and yogis communicated well, through their voice as well as written form. When self-help books talk about something, when storyteller talk, we listen with amazement and wonder.

Construction of narrative in storytelling is life finding what is going on in your life. It is also like finding what is going to happen to your life. Literary people can handle their life well. They express through words and learn to free the world. My journey to write a diary is totally inspired by my aura to receive artistic sensibilities. Talking less might be an introverted ideal, but having a story to tell will make you social in the long run. Reading also makes you aware about the world. The world is all there to embrace. Talking less in an office environment is normal. The classroom is the place to communicate well.

A blank page of a diary is your blessing. Nothing is wrong or incorrect. I am practicing to script my heart. I write the diary when I am not tired. Usually in the afternoon. Freewriting heals the spirit and develops or raises the consciousness to me. We are blessed with education. We have learnt to read and write. Let's put that to some work and ease the burden on our mind. Turning the white pages to a thought process strives to ignite the creative fire. Let your mind reveal and the hands on your keyboard do your magic. I surely type my diary first. I don’t normally use pen and paper. Only pen and paper don’t do the magic of writing. With time new technological tools emerge. There is no point talking about these processes.

I want to talk about all the books that I want to read. Time is so short for me. Twenty-four hours is not enough. Everything has come down to read, write and understand the world. For now, I like fiction. I have been reading a memoir on abortion by Annie Ernaux. I am surprised how memory has been kept intact and how Ernaux can write about her past. She has written from her memory about time she lived 40 years ago. The way Ernaux speaks in the book reveals layers of what had happened to her at her younger age when she wanted to abort the baby. She was unmarried, and with a developing child. When she describes in the book she is two-three months pregnant. I noticed some use of passive voice in the book by Ernaux, but I am not sure. I mean, the sentence started with being, not the subject.

By Sushant Thapa

From: Nepal