Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice

Writing, as a habit, opens up the treasure chest 
of your heart and your Soul. 

By writing you come to know yourself.
By writing you come to love yourself. 
It takes time. It takes writing.

If you want to know your mind, write.
If you want to go beyond your mind, write.
If you want to create inner quiet, write. 

We spend time with our spouses, our children, our friends.
But what about spending time with one’s self? 
Writing carves out time for you to make friends with yourself.

Writing shows you your pain, your confusion.
Writing solves problems, creates confidence.

As we witness the turmoil of our lives and our minds
upon the written page,
we develop compassion for ourselves
which in turn develops compassion for others.

Writing cultivates peace, inner peace.
As peace grows inside our hearts and minds
it then radiates outwards.
That’s the way it works.

Writing creates a home in the heart,
a home in the body. 
We discover that we live with 
       A cranky voice
       A complaining voice
       A worried voice
       An anxious voice
       A sorrowful voice
       A confused voice
       A critical voice.
And as we give all these parts of ourselves a place
in our written journal, in our awareness,
they calm down. 
These parts of ourselves just need space to speak,
space to be heard, loved and accepted 
by you.

When we accept all the parts of ourselves as we are
then it becomes a little bit easier to accept others.
We don’t need to talk so much.
We become better at listening. 

I write to listen. The more I listen to me,
the better I get at listening to you. 

Write. Every day write. 
Become your own companion.

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