Friday, February 19, 2010

I like the idea below
about a Feelings Diary.

I have been journaling
for 30/40 years.
Only via d weblog
since 2003.

I always did late night reflections.
Often a SWOT analysis.
On the mission of the day.
Often on myself.
Usually the first question
I asked my self was
"How am I feeling?"

Feelings, when we can touch them,
give a doorway into the soul.
Also out of the soul -
the feelings can come out
from under wraps.

In the move I saved many of these recordings.
When I have time, there are books in there.
Scary stories. Struggles to understand
myself, fellow workers and young humans.

It is important to write.
If you are not - wow,
what a loss of experiences.
Writing, even if never shared,
is a fantastic way of working things out.
"The life which is unexamined is not worth living". - Plato (428-348? BC)

At school I thought writing was pointless.
'Pen-pushers' were laughed at in the industrial North.
St Helens Lancashire had MEN !
(deep voice at this moment!)
who worked down the pit
or worked in factories -
it was a factory for me until I was 26 years old.
(The last two years I worked in a posh factory,
Pilkingtons research Laboratory).

So consider -
writing?
Carry a little note book.
Note feelings.
Magical/mysterious/spiritual/magnetic
thoughts and feelings.
-or-
There are two ways to slide easily through life:
to believe everything
and to doubt everything.
Both ways save us from thinking.



"May you recognise in your life the presence,
power and light of your soul.
May you realize that you are never alone,
that your soul in its brightness and belonging
connects you intimately with the rhythm of the universe.
May you have respect for your own individuality and difference.
May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique,
that you have a special destiny here
that behind the facade of your life
there is something beautiful, good and eternal happening.

May you learn to see your self with the same delight,
pride and expectation with which God sees you in every moment."

John O´Donohue,
Anam Cara