Feeling It All

In this copywriting class I'm taking, I learnt that to write good copy, you have to write from the heart. This way, people click with what they read, they feel it, they feel you. Why didn't I think of this before? Sometime I punya brain tak hensem, o well. 

What was most shocking was that in the exercise, where we had to practice being real, I failed the first time. Before that class, I was convinced I lived very honestly. But I discovered, that even though I have no secrets, I am sometimes a bit macho about my feelings. I convince myself that I've got it all under control and I'm moving on very swiftly. I'm made of steel, yes, like superman, except I'm more hensem! Pffth! 

But in all honesty, saying that I'm doing well, is just putting it away in that ugly closet I hate to look at. I have to do it the hard way, feel it all, revel in the pain and once I've let the feeling wash through me, I can forgive, say thank you and goodbye to all the good and the bad.  

Like in any story that wishes it was a Hindi film, there's a song. Who's jumping around with me as Feist sings "I feel it all, I feel it all, I'll be the one to break my heart, I'll be the one to hope again. I know more than I knew before. The wings are wide and I love you MOOOOORRREEEEE." Some of you may know this song better, clearly I only hear what I want to hear, but I feel it all. 

I think this new year will be the newest I've ever had.