Exercise your right to write
I have discovered a very useful tool on my journey toward self-realization and self-actualization.
This may vey well turn out to be ‘a golden nuggett” of information for you.
Let me explain.
I have been studying the work of Dr. Mike Davison, and have been using some of the techniques he has recommended for achieving personal peace. In the third chapter of ”An Invitation to Personal Peace,” he talks about the benefits of journaling, or writing down your thoughts, to help you live your life more purposely and with more focus.
Isn’t this the same as goal setting or using a daily planner?
Not exactly. A planner is great for organizing goals which you have already defined. Journaling exercises brain cells that may have been lying dormant for perhaps a great deal of time. How are situations that happened to you a year ago, five years ago, or in your childhood affecting you right now?
Maybe, more than you know.
Well, some say that writing opens the way to inspiration, new ideas and helps to clarify our vision. Writing can help you become clearer about challenges you may be having in your business life, your relationships, or your personal development.
I have made a committment to doing each of the exercises in chapter 3, that were recommended by Dr. Davison. One of the exercises was to write about some issue that has been on my mind these days. It was very strange what my subconscious mind had revealed to me. I had been worried for the last several years about the direction that my youngest son had taken. He had fallen into a bad pattern of attracting other friends that were continually getting him in trouble at school, home and eventually with the legal system. My wife and I seemed to have tried everything to get him to change, with little success.
I had been very discouraged as of late. I guess I had even given up on him, at times. I could only wonder what would become of him. I couldn’t recall the last time he had done anything, that gave me any sign of hope, that he could change. I had fogotten the joy he had once brought to our lives.
I could go on and on, but let me get to the point.
As I thought about Dr. Mike’s assignment, a clip from the past flashed into my consciousness. I had recalled a time in our family life, a much younger son at that time. We were a family of six, and quite frankly, struggling to keep our heads above water. The bills always seemed to outdistance the money that my wife and I were earning. As I recall, we were all at home one Sunday and trying to figure out what to fix for dinner. The possibilities were pretty grim. We were all kind of bummed out, having eaten the same unwholesome foods for the entire week. As it was, my wife and I had not been very mindful of what the kids were doing. It turns out, that my youngest son had found a dozen or so recipes books, (10 or 20 recipes in each book), in the garage. I think my mother had given them to us, I can’t remember. Anyway, my son had gathered them up, he being 5 or 6 years old at the time, and had gone door to door in the neighborhood selling them.
He came home with $30 in his hands! After we had ascertained where the money had come from, I remember the strangest feeling of amazement, and pride, a feeling I had never experienced so strongly. I remember thinking, ‘this little guy was destined for greatness.’
As it turned out,
We all went out to the buffet and had a great meal. He was the hero of the day, the week, and for some time thereafter.
It has caused me to re-think my feelings for him. Maybe all he needed was a little more encouragement, a little more confidence, a little more direction.
As I journaled about this incident, I then realized how powerful writing things down can be. I experienced a new perspective, an expanded sense of solutions, and a new-found clarity in my relationship with him.
I tell you this story to help you understand how you may find value in ”exercising your right to write.”
If you need clarity concerning something, try sitting in front of a blank paper, with pen in hand. Close your eyes for a few minutes and let yourself relax, then just write what comes to mind. I think you’ll be suprised in what you may discover.
It really does work.
Gather your time, Gather your talents, Gather your Greatness.
“Here’s to Your Greatness!” May you find Peace and Prosperity.
Bill
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