![]() I find that the morning journaling provides a chance to get your thoughts straight for the day, check in with where you are and how you feel, before any interactions from the outside world can begin to cloud your mind. These days I journal every morning (well, almost every morning), as part of my morning routine. "This is the entire essence of life: Who are you? What are you?" - Leo Tolstoy Tweet It! The Power of Morning Journaling / How to Journal in the Morning I found that looking back at my old journals came in handy for this exploration, as you can begin to see patterns in your habits and reactions and emotions and passions, ultimately getting to know yourself from an almost-outsider perspective as if reading a novel in which you are the main character. I continued on with a not-perfectly-consistent habit for a few more years after that conversation, growing stronger and stronger as I traveled, and especially as I began the process of figuring out what I really wanted to do with my life (something that I, apparently, hadn’t really contemplated before). Letting go of these pre-requisites made it much easier to pick up my journaling practice again. And I didn’t have to “catch it up” or write the current events chronologically. He gently reminded me that I could write only a little bit. I’d tell him how it felt daunting and time consuming, how my hand would start hurting and I didn’t always know what to write. ![]() Sometimes I’d say yes, when I had, and sometimes I’d say no. Every time we’d speak on the phone he’d ask if I’d kept it up. My uncle was an avid journal-er, to say the very least. I treated it like a captain’s log, recording every detail, writing all the things I thought I should write.Ĭreate your own Journaling practice with our free journaling tool: Reflection.app. So each time I went a few weeks without writing, the thought of writing became that much more daunting. I’d write to it like I was writing to a friend I felt I had to catch my journal up on everything that had happened since my previous entry. I wrote in it every day for the first month, then a few times a week, then a few times a month, then… months went by… almost a year… He told me to write document your life he would say.Īnd so I did. It is also for those with whom we are given the opportunity to share and experience it.Christmas, 2005: my Uncle Ken gave me a journal. This book is a wonderful gift to friends and family for daily morning prayer and appreciation of Christ's teachings. This truly insightful new book of reflections makes for a perfect bedside companion or as a topic of conversation over the coffee table. Morning Reflections offers enlightenment and wisdom through blending encouraging prose and Scripture passages. Just like a hearty morning meal strengthens your physical body, it is equally important to center your emotions and nourish your spirit with the sure footing that can only come from a personal connection with the Creator. Morning Reflections is a collection of powerful and inspirational reading that is dedicated to helping you begin each new day in a positive way.Ĭhristian and inspirational author and poet Karen Jean Matsko Hood has woven together poems, prayers, and Biblical verses to fill your soul and spirit with peace and understanding. Morning is a time to embrace renewed opportunity, fresh perspective, and an overall sense of rejuvenation.
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