“My father used to tell us when we kept our journal to rule a line down the centre of the page and note on the left side what we thought might happen that day, and then, at the end of the day, note in the column on the right what actually happened. It was an interesting exercise.”  Miss Matty - Cranford

There’s something about a journal that I really love. Though I spend most of my writing life tapping away on my laptop, a nice pen and journal always conjure a feeling of quiet reflection in me.

Here’s a brief look at the benefits of journaling as we approach the end of this year and begin to think about our plans for the next.

Guest Article by Tamara Baruhovich

Many of us become more open to the possibilities that The Law of Attraction and The Power of Intention can provide when we are in distress, and more so when distress is present simultaneously in several areas of our life.

 

Often, a significant life event is retold so often, and to so many, that it becomes “the story”, but our lives are made up of many stories and to let one become king is to rob the others of their merit.

I’ll try and explain. Sometimes your life may seem coloured by one particular experience; often it is an unwelcome experience, a traumatic one that, due to your desire to comprehend it and process it, gets expressed over and over again. But this externalising doesn’t actually distance you from the drama, and the emotional turmoil that this story evokes.

Complaining seems to have a runaway energy, once you start, you can’t stop; and the consequences can be disastrous. Complaining wastes your time, it also wastes your energy and it doesn’t do a great deal for your popularity either.