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Journaling - The Write Stuff For You?
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I find the transformation to be downright miraculous. I begin many mornings in the glum––joints aching is the usual No, 1 cause––but I know from years of journaling, if only I get underway, lay down a few clumsy sentences, allow thoughts to arise unchallenged, and most importantly keep my pen moving, before I reach the bottom of the first page I'll feel the glum vanishing and the day transforming itself into an inviting prospect. That, in my mind, is the power––and the miracle!––of journaling.
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I love what you wrote about journaling and could not agree with you more...that a transformation takes place. I didn't realize this until I had journaled for years...that a transformation actually takes place to put you in a more positive frame of mind for the remainder of the day...as you said, it is powerful and miraculous. I knew this was happening (I could feel it) but I could not describe it words. You have defined it eloquently.
Madelyn
Temecula, CA
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@ray666 I couldn't agree with you more! Journaling has been a part of my life for many decades. Looking back on different times, sometimes there were big gaps [years!] where there was no journaling. Not for lack of life going on. It just seems like things were "too busy" to take some minutes most days to just write. But I can definitely see, when rereading from long ago, what was going on, and how cathartic it has been to simply write.
A comment on the weather, or what is right outside my writing area, and there you go! a kernel of words to start on. Let your mind go, try a haiku or short poem, write an observation about what is going on in your neighborhood or the world. Journaling can be anything you want it to be. You don't need to share what you write.
Ginger