Linda Ellis is a successful professional writer, poet, and inspirational speaker who in 1996 penned the poem “The Dash”. While working in the corporate world, Linda wrote the poem and proceeded to share it with a local radio syndicate in Georgia. The radio personality recited the poem live on the airwaves reaching thousands of listeners. The poem’s genuine, emotional, heartfelt words and passages resonated with listeners, inspiring them. Since 1996 millions have read the poem.
The meaning of the poem is simple in actuality. The dash discussed in the poem symbolizes a person's life. Linda Ellis' inspiration came from the dash in between a person's birthday and death date on one's tombstone. The dash on a tombstone represents everything that a person has done in their life. The purpose of the poem is to encourage people to do something with their dash.
Linda has done quite a bit with her dash. She grew up in Miami, Florida and later moved to New York. After living for a few years in the Big Apple, she moved to Georgia after feeling her southern roots calling her back. In Georgia, she settled down and started a family. She now travels the country as an inspirational speaker, encouraging her fans to live their lives and engaging with them on a personal level.
Linda Ellis hasn't stopped writing either. Since the success of "The Dash," Linda has written and published many books selling hundreds of thousands of copies. In addition "The Dash" has been written into a video, which, like the poem, is meant to encourage people. Also like the poem, millions have viewed the video.
The meaning of the poem is simple in actuality. The dash discussed in the poem symbolizes a person's life. Linda Ellis' inspiration came from the dash in between a person's birthday and death date on one's tombstone. The dash on a tombstone represents everything that a person has done in their life. The purpose of the poem is to encourage people to do something with their dash.
Linda has done quite a bit with her dash. She grew up in Miami, Florida and later moved to New York. After living for a few years in the Big Apple, she moved to Georgia after feeling her southern roots calling her back. In Georgia, she settled down and started a family. She now travels the country as an inspirational speaker, encouraging her fans to live their lives and engaging with them on a personal level.
Linda Ellis hasn't stopped writing either. Since the success of "The Dash," Linda has written and published many books selling hundreds of thousands of copies. In addition "The Dash" has been written into a video, which, like the poem, is meant to encourage people. Also like the poem, millions have viewed the video.