How do you write what people actually want to read?
My motto: be the lens of other souls. Use lived stories as a mirror for other walking lives.
I was born with a pen—and I have never stopped writing: university dissertations, work papers. Ten years ago, I began my “amateur” authoring: turning Biblical knowledge into short articles, printing prayers in notebooks, journaling a new venture—writing poems, blogging, sharing personal testimonies.
No life story is written solo. Everyone needs somebody, something, or a co-player. So when I write, it is never simply about myself. It is about lived stories with others who have stepped into my lens—and through my lens, they see their own.
In recent weeks, a highly respected man reappeared in my lens, even after nineteen years. His life has taken a great turn: from strong to frail, from healthy to sickly—yet his heart is still sustained by his respect for life. His body may decline, but his spirit remains high, because the Lord of Life, Jesus, has lifted him up from despair and a broken body.
Naturally or intentionally, lenses weave together—tangoing with another, or playing in a group—and where musical notes echo, lives shine.
This poem is written for the unwavering man. May it serve as a lens for your own reflections on what to write for your readers.
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✨New Life, New Birth✨
New life, new birth—born again—never ending;
a lifetime of loyalty, lens to faithful hearts;
loving family more than self, loving others without measure;
honesty his trade, his pen a whip of treasure.
For community, for people, toiling all his days;
once upon a time at war with sickbeds’ maze;
healing hands tend the body, a saint’s heart saves the soul;
fearing not, dreading not, though the shadows roll.
Pure in heart, peaceful in spirit, lifting eyes to the Gracious Heart;
worshiping by the bedside, head held high in love—
your life, a precious lens for souls.
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