What I Want to Accomplish

Every story, poem, or blurb I may write has a goal. Sometimes, I don't realize what my goal was until it's finished. But nonetheless, they all have some type of goal. Whether that to inspire, to send a message about morality or humanity, or to just get ideas on paper (or on a screen) and out of my head that races with thoughts.
   Truthfully, though, most of the time I have an idea for something. In my most recent story, "What Remains," I wanted to write about the value of money over human relationships. And while what I wrote did contain that theme, it also contained themes of love and grief over what could have been. And those themes came from my own subconscious that stem from my own experiences with those very same things. Rodney loved Clara so much that he worked as much as possible to give her the life she always wanted and dreamed about. My husband attends Carnegie Mellon University and is working harder every day to become a successful computer scientist so he can support my dream someday of being a stay at home and an author. The parallels when I look at them can be uncanny. And I don't even realize I've done them until revision. And part of why Rodney broke up with Clara also stems from my fears - what if the work becomes too much and my husband and I don't make it? Its terrifying to think about, and that's exactly why its been written down.
   So I encourage whoever reads this to spend time reflecting on your own writing (or even what you want to write about in the future!) and think about the messages you can send to the world. What do you want to accomplish? What experiences have you had that you think matter and need to be heard by others?