Being original

Those words that appear in my mind at first, are never my best words. In all likelihood, they are not even mine. I may have read or heard those words somewhere. May be they are faint recollection of something I’ve seen. They may even be some conventional wisdom that I’ve encountered for the first time.

Then I sit down. To ruminate, wonder, enquire and examine. To wrap my mind around the idea as a whole.

The words that emerge then, are mine.