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I’ve just come from reading Fimnora’s response to the Sandbox Writing Challenge (#44) this week. I can honestly say SHE inspired me — to think outside of the box regarding this prompt! As soon as I read her post I knew one of the things that inspires me the most is journals. They inspire me to keep hiking through my life. They can be hardback, leather, cardboard, loose-leaf binder, whatever, though most definitely NOT a computer!
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These are three of my favorites. (Left to right, all hand-made: from my daughter Stef from the Himalayas, from my Aussie sister Kim (that’s covered in two large leaves), and from my Canadian friend Serge who brought it back for me from Germany. They are just too beautiful to write in.
I have many others packed away that have never been written in. I’ll probably never use them all. I can honestly say I’m addicted to journals. And I have many themed journals.
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Top left is my daily journal (Because the Journey Matters), then my Saturday Morning Kitchen Khronicles journal, a List Your Self journal with some fun prompts about who you were growing up or are now. Bottom left is my art journal where I keep friend’s works, Learning to Fall (a journal of prompts put together by a 35-year-old man who was dying of ALS — very poignant questions), and a couple pages from the journal I made as I worked through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way.
But the journal that inspires me the most is a blank, lined journal with nothing written in it. It inspires me for the simple reason that, contrary to what it LOOKS like, it’s full of POSSIBILITIES. When I see those empty pages I know I still have breathing room in my soul.
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So the next time you get befuddled and don’t know where or how to start again, go find yourself a blank journal, stare at it for awhile, and imagine all the possibilities that are waiting for you within. As long as there’s a new blank page every day, there’s another adventure just waiting to come alive.
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Remember that perfection may not look perfect and can emerge from what seems to be chaotic if given room to breathe.
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— Teal Dick
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Picture Credits:
Journals — moi
Lined Journal — lettersandjournals.blogspot.com
Girl With Journal — peoplethingsandlife.wordpress.com
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Fimnora Westcaw said:
You wrote: “But the journal that inspires me the most is a blank, lined journal with nothing written in it. It inspires me for the simple reason that, contrary to what it LOOKS like, it’s full of POSSIBILITIES. When I see those empty pages I know I still have breathing room in my soul.”
Fabulous! And so true. I always think, ‘the possibilities are endless,’ and you put it so well about the inner journey!
Thank you for letting me know I was inspiring!
{{{Calen}}}
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calensariel said:
You’re always an inspiring little sprite!!! 😀
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spiritualdragonfly said:
You hoarded you!! 😄 They’re all wonderful…don’t be afraid to write in them…they’re all waiting for you!!! 🖊🖋✒️🖌🖍✏️
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calensariel said:
LOL Well I didn’t buy most of them. Spiral notebooks are my journals of choice when it comes to just writing — Moodlings. You know the one journal I wish I would have started? I wish WAY back when we got married I’d have gotten an actual (or gotten creative and made one) Welcome Book, for people to sign when they stopped by the house. Wouldn’t that have been fascinating to read 50 years later? I wonder if a person would even remember every one…
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spiritualdragonfly said:
That it would be……
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Soul Gifts said:
My sister has one of those! Everytime we visit, we have to write in it. It’s kinda interesting to look back at it. Mum and Dad kept one too, and they had heaps and heaps of visitors due to Dad’s work in the Church here and in his liaison capacity with the Church in Finland. We made an attempt to start, but never remembered to put it out!! It’s got empty pages and beautiful wooden cover. Maybe I should send it to you !!
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calensariel said:
Really, seriously? I would treasure even just reading it. I think that’s such a neat thing for people to feel like they are honored in that way at a person’s house. Gotta make ’em feel special, doesn’t it?
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Sheri said:
Those journals are gorgeous!
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calensariel said:
Thanks. 🙂 I guess it’s fair to say journals make me feel CREATIVE, too. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, Sheri.
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