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Why I run away from feeling others....

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I took a quiz on Facebook. "What career would best suit you?" I was sure what the results would show. WRITER . There are predictable questions and there are predictable answers to all the online quizzes streaming on facebook. True, I did some writing. However I always looked at writing as a mistress -a pleasurable pursuit. Not a profession to get married to.  Yes I write to express my thoughts. I write to free my painful, joyful, mixed and rosy thoughts. I do not know any other form of self expression. I may, to some extent, be a little good at juggling words to form fancy sentences. But when someone ask me,  "Oh! So are you a writer?"  I unconsciously blurt out, "Yeah…umm… I mean..ummm… I have a blog on which I write sometimes."  But I never firmly say,"Yes, I'm a writer." It is not a modesty issue. It is because I have never considered myself a writer. I'll tell you why. While speed walking on the foot ...