My journal, my little 5x8 spiral notebook goes most
everywhere with me. From my nightstand,
to the kitchen bar where I sip coffee, to breakfast whether home or at a
restaurant, tucked near at hand in my purse throughout the day, and returned to
the nightstand at day's end. It is my
friend, confidant, psychoanalyst. I
firmly believe I owe my sanity to committing my day good or bad to the
page.
Natalie Goldberg said, "Take out another notebook, pick
up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the
world, make one positive step. In the centre of chaos, make one definitive act.
Just write. Say yes, stay alive, be awake. Just write. Just write. Just
write."
I agree. Last year
with so much loss, it took my pain and grief. These days when death
stalks a sweet friend, and we can only watch and wait, it helps to put pen to
page and voice the feelings there that cannot be voiced aloud.
It also helps to end the day by listing at
least 5 things I’m grateful for that day as well, whether that thing is as
simple as birdsong, sunrise or a gentle rain.
Gratitude soothes the soul. Yes,
Natalie, I’ll keep taking out another notebook and I will write, write, just
write.
© Perle Champion
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