The Erasable Pen!

A few years back, I was at CVS looking for a pen. My favorite pen, the Gel Paper Mate, was out. I was bummed; I really love the smoothness of how it writes. It makes the writing experience so much more exciting. But, oh well, what could I do? Then my eyes landed on a Pilot erasable pen. I was a little surprised they even had those. I decided to try them out.

When I got home, one of the first things I did was to make sure I could erase whatever I wrote. Sure enough, it was a miracle. Gel Paper Mate pens? A thing of the past.

Why am I in love with the erasable pen? Because I cannot make a mistake. And if I do, voila, I erase it. It’s especially great for when I mess up in the checkbook.

By now you’re probably wondering why I’m even talking about this pen at all. What’s the point?

I started connecting the reasons why I love my erasable pen to life. When I’m using the pen, I feel adventurous; I don’t care if I mess up. I’m not guarded, I write fast; I feel free. I know I can fix anything. When I’m using the regular pen, I’m very careful; I slow down, and when I mess up and remember it’s not the erasable pen, I’m peeved because I have to use White Out, which looks messy.

Then, I thought about Life. How many of us are cautious, guarded, take it slow, and miss an adventure because we know we can’t erase what happens? I admit, I’m a lot more cautious when I think, “Oh, oh, if I do this, that can happen. No do over.”

But we can’t have an erasable life. What happens happens. We might be able to put White Out on some events that occur, but they don’t really go away. They’re there, stored in our lives.

What if we’re missing out? What if we need to live as though we have an erasable life? What if we take more chances, go on more adventures? I wonder.

I’m not sure quite what the answer is, but I do know that feeling the freedom that comes with writing with an erasable pen is great. I bet that living life that way would be great as well. I’m not sure I’m fully there yet, but I'm going to give it a go in any little way I can.

What say you?