Kelly Flanagan
I’m inspired to write by life happening around me. Someone will say something, or something will happen, and I will be struck by the feeling that it is somehow true, or beautiful, or graceful, and I will begin contemplating the moment. What is it that moved me, and why? If it moved me, would it move others, as well? If so, the story or the idea that came from it will eventually make its way into my teachings or my storytelling.
When I was writing the Epilogue to THE UNHIDING OF ELIJAH CAMPBELL, I was searching for a story or metaphor to tie up one of the themes of the book. Around that time, I was driving with my 13 year old son in the front seat and my 11 year old daughter in the backseat, and at one point, she just screamed some nonsense. I asked her why. She said, “Because nobody has listened to me in a while.” And I thought, around midlife, that’s what our pain does, it shouts from the backseat of our soul, because we haven’t listened to it in a long time. That moment and metaphor inspired me to conclude UNHIDING in a way I would not have otherwise thought to do.
When I was writing the Epilogue to THE UNHIDING OF ELIJAH CAMPBELL, I was searching for a story or metaphor to tie up one of the themes of the book. Around that time, I was driving with my 13 year old son in the front seat and my 11 year old daughter in the backseat, and at one point, she just screamed some nonsense. I asked her why. She said, “Because nobody has listened to me in a while.” And I thought, around midlife, that’s what our pain does, it shouts from the backseat of our soul, because we haven’t listened to it in a long time. That moment and metaphor inspired me to conclude UNHIDING in a way I would not have otherwise thought to do.
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