...So I have a box of words...Now what?

I'll tell you what! Pull three words at random from your box. Then write three sentences using one of the words in each. Write about what that word means to you, why you put it in your box, or make up something fictional. "Write a sentence that makes the word bigger than life," suggests Quinn Mcdonald.

Now that you have three sentences, examine them. What do they say about how you see the world? How you see yourself? How you see those around you? "What is the Universe (or God) trying to tell you?", asks Quinn. Write that down, too. You may have surprised yourself by tapping into some reserve of your soul and finding meaning you didn't know was there. Or maybe you wrote about something a bit less exciting. Either way, if you keep at it, you may surprise yourself.

Now write a sentence that uses all three words together. It could be serious or silly. It's your sentence so you can make the rules.

For example: (Said in a Hermione Granger British accent, I could continue with 'Swish and flick' but I'll spare you that)

"A secret can come between people.

Autumn weather makes my soul sparkle.

A ring symbolizes a promise.

//The Universe (or God) is saying that I see the world as a fragile and dynamic place.//

The ring sparkles in secret.

-secret doesn't have to be a negative word, as long as it is something that brings people closer together."

As you can probably tell, I put 'secret' on a circular piece of paper because it is a negative word to me. A secret is something you aren't told because it will upset you. A secret is something you don't deserve to know. A secret is something people whisper about you behind your back.

I've been lied to and lied. Had omissions made to me and made omissions. Secrets are part of what makes us human. They are sometimes flawed just like we are.

But secrets also come in happy forms. Surprise parties, something you reveal to someone who means a lot to you and you realize that you've never told that to anyone else, or a joke you weren't expecting. This exercise sort of made me see things in a new light. I don't like being lied to but maybe, just maybe, sometimes a secret could be something beautiful.

Now I just wrote two plus paragraphs about a single word. Let that sink in for a moment. Either this exercise is extremely stimulating or I'm incredibly long-winded. Or both, I suppose.