Jane Eyre is one of my favorite novels. During the time of the Brontë sisters most novels were written by men. A female was mostly written from a male point of view. Ms. Eyre, written by a woman was one of the first female characters that opened up with so much passion and honesty about her romantic feelings. She not only tells Mr. Rochester what she feels for him but she dares to express love to someone above her station. My favorite quote from Jane is: "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you!"
The honesty in a woman's voice was heard and it was so loud it rippled through decades opening up doors to so many more of us who dare talk about what deep love loss feels like, any type of it.
Today I was praised by an old friend of mine after he read some of my stories. He said, "It's really interesting to see someone open up like this." He wanted to know if they were fictional or not. To what I replied that the characters are some real and some made up but yes, mostly based upon my experiences. His enquire came the same day a wise woman advised me to write from the heart, no excuses or exceptions.
In a world that strives for an image of perfection I have chosen to sometimes talk about the moments when nothing seems perfect. Finding the beauty in them makes it all worthwhile. Like Charlotte Bronte and the many who on a daily basis strive to follow her lead, I write as honestly as I can. Because in order to BE, all of me falls in the equation. And with it I hope to one day inspire some of us to be the hunters of good within.
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