I am a journaler…not to be confused with a diary, but a collection of my thoughts about life, typically with spiritual and emotional leanings. I am completely honest with in my journals and intend to let my future wife and kids read them one day…but more than likely will have a “burn my journals when I pass away” clause in my will. I find journaling to be very therapudic, the whole getting your thoughts out of your head and on to paper I find is a very healthy think. Another dynamic to journaling is being able to look back over the course of your journey and remember things you might have forgotten.
Today as I waited for my seminary class to start munching on a peanut butter & honey (yes honey) sandwich I noticed for the first time a button on my blog dashboard page “random post.” Basically clicking it would send me to a random blog post that I wrote in the past 8 years that I’ve been blogging. It was a really introspective experience…different than re-reading my personal journal entry’s to be sure but reminded me where my heart has been devoted over the years, the people I shared life with and the burdens I bared throughout it all.
All that to say…if you don’t journal I encourage you to do so, if you don’t blog I encourage you to give it a try and lastly if you blog I encourage you to spend some minutes this week looking back over the years and re-read your own posts. I don’t think we do enough slowing down to learn from and celebrate our pasts in our culture. Yes the future is most important, but how can we create a desirable future to live in if we dont correctly interpret our past?
