Journaling: The pathway to finding yourself through a year of transformations.

In 2020, we found ourselves in a brand new era of understanding humankindness. Our global kindness will only transpire if we are all able to find in ourselves the truth of who we are. The calling is to continue to come into our genuineness, and what better way than journaling. We had and have time. We had to be patient and continue to be present. We have had to go inside ourselves; literally and symbolically, to experience life from the inside, and to see out, so we can become part of a positive world. This is a global transformation of understanding for all of us; when we are invited to head through another new year and throughout this remarkable decade. We are called to remember the future with optimism, hope and compassion. We have the power to magnify our beliefs in what feels like a new world; a new start, a world of more truth than illusion. A change in energy, attitude, and positivity. An invitation to let go of fear. An opportunity to be intentional but with our authentic self, which is not wordly. Take out a blank book and write. This is your personal story or stories as this decade unfolds. Thoughts on paper will help bring up emotions that may be experienced as fear or confusion. We feel this wave of fear that circles the globe. We have, in our power, the capability of self awareness and a sincere and loving inner desire to see humanity rise again, and the prayer that all is healed starts from each and every one of us. Make this new year of continued uncertainty a year of the additional joy; of finding the real you, in you. Journaling: the invitation of the decade. Bringing compassion to our every morning, and gratitude to our nights. Taking an additional inner exploration, write down the dreams that come. One thing is certain; we are more aware of our subconscious selves as we have been inclined to be; for consciousness is seeing what is whole, rather than separate pieces and parts of who are are.

Journaling is like going home. It is a tool to care for the soul. When we journal, we are in our inner world, our personal home. We always have this place to come back to, to check in. To introduce a situation and spend the time to write how this is impacting us. We can divulge in details that we don’t have to feel judged by. It is our thoughts, our words, our feelings coming through. Sometimes we are not looking for a resolution, but merely to hear what we think.

In a wonderful way, we are faced with a new world open to many invitations. The biggest one I can think of is the opportunity to have the gift of self-friendship. The pandemic has been a way to stay inside of ourselves when we didn’t expect to. We are journaling this transition because we can do it, we have the time and we have the need. We will be deep in some thoughts some of the time and this reflection on paper is a chance to have the courage to write what we think and how our thinking is affecting our feelings. It is a time we can choose to grow. Self-intimacy is not a challenge, it’s a gift. It’s a personal act of kindness.

Journaling is an exploration to our inner world. The pen is the expression of our soul’s passions, and journaling is the tool that helps us to find our own language of intimacy that helps us to go deeper into our own selves. It is the language our soul invites us to; to be able to take the time to make room for our own truth telling. How we are feeling matters. How our thoughts become feelings follows a pattern that journaling helps us to uncover. We become our own advocates for better mental health. We become more equipped to recognize we can change patterns that are not healthy for us. We can replace an ongoing discussion in our minds that tell us stories that do not feel like the truth any longer. We can rise up and greet a new way of being alive. We can be guided to have peace of mind, which is so precious.

Writing is a fine tool for the journey towards intimacy and maintaining self-communication, which is going to be more vital in giving us a secure self awareness check-up, which will keep our minds at peace. It is also a key component in our relationship with everyone in our lives. The more we have a genuine self, the more we are free to share it with other people and the easier it will be for other people to have the freedom to be themselves.

During each month of every year, journaling can also guide us to release the past we may be tired of revisiting. It helps us to forge through new layers of ourselves that are invitations; connecting our ability to imagine and connecting with different emotions. We are caring for our soul when we speak to it. We are all having similar experiences these days; our dreams are also very important, which is our deepest psyches speaking through. Journaling dreams can be another way of self-communication.

Journaling is the friend we can always count on, the knowledge that no matter the time, the mood, or the situation, we are always free to share our deepest thoughts we are involved in, with ourselves. Journaling is storytelling. We get to author that book, the one we write, the stories we tell, and only with our pen, or our keyboard. Journaling becomes the go to, and without any direct conclusion to be concerned about, as there is no bias with our words because those very words are describing the emotional part of the system of our beliefs and expectations that make us, us. We are therefore free to keep those words, and everything they represent to ourselves.  We are free to explore the very thing we are the most interested in, caring for our soul. A part of the continuum of life, the one we realize is ours to have. Keep calm and write on!

"Only You Can Write Your Own Story!"