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have been journaling for many years now. Journaling has been a positively transformative journey for me. There are so many parts of myself I have discovered and rediscovered along the way. So much I have learned and so much I have rearranged in my head and heart because of this simple yet powerful habit.</p><p id="b522">Here are the top 5 reasons I keep journaling:</p><h2 id="698e">1) Inner understanding:</h2><p id="f00f">Journaling has a way of revealing your truest feelings. It brings out all those feelings you couldn’t with the outside world. It has helped me “feel” differently and deeply about some of the past events of my life, which I was having trouble letting go of. It has helped me to let go of negative emotions attached to those events only to replace them with positive ones. I have actually been able to own up to so much within my journal…sometimes I astound even myself as I write it all.</p><h2 id="f9e7">2) Changed perceptions:</h2><p id="740d">We are all living a life controlled by our mental conditioning and pre-defined societal perceptions. That in itself can make life very limiting. Journaling your thoughts helps put things in perspective. I have noticed that however scattered I may feel about something, or however muddled I may be in my thoughts when I sit to write it all down, it becomes perfectly organized and thereby changes my perception of the whole situation at hand. A changed perception often leads to a changed YOU.</p><h2 id="c544">3) Personal growth:</h2><p id="f291">Journaling every day has the ability to push you up in all ways possible. I remember when I began journaling I wasn’t very regular with it. But as time passed by I began craving to write it. The reason for that craving was, that this simple habit of journaling, was allowing me to evaluate myself and understand myself in a whole new positive light, which is fantastic for a person like me who is constantly trying to be a better person.</p><h2 id="d36f">4) Owning my story:</h2><p id="f511">Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be, down the line, if you could leave your wisdom to someone you love? When I journal I feel powerful beyond measure because I’m writing my thoughts and my story in there. It might be for my own personal healing, but it's incredibly empowering to know that this lifelong book of my l

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ife lessons might be of value to someone I love. I do plan to pass it along to my daughter in the future when I am not around.</p><h2 id="bf92">5) Stress management:</h2><p id="0441">Journaling can be a great stress buster too! Especially when I am stressed, the act of writing it all down in a journal helps me to calm down. I pour it all out and then am left with a feeling of relief. After it is all out on paper, it doesn’t seem that big a deal anymore. It’s amazing how this simple act works magic on our psyche right?!</p><p id="f5cd">The simple act of journaling, writing a few sentences, and recording a few thoughts, can bring about significant positive transformation within us and lead to revealing our truest essence of being.</p><p id="8721" type="7">Journaling has changed my life for the better. It has made me more aware, open, understanding, in tune with the Divine, more loving — more ME.</p><h1 id="3328">Start Journaling</h1><p id="6d0f">Especially now with the pandemic, introspection and stress being at their all-time high is the best time to start your own journaling practice. It can be your own little escape from the pressures of the external world.</p><p id="bffd" type="7">Start with 2–3 sentences a day. And always start with: Dear Me,_____</p><p id="e6ee">Conversations with yourself never felt this rewarding. Try it and if you need any help with it, don’t hesitate to discuss it with me. I’m always here for your help and healing.</p><p id="0d40"><b><i>What are your thoughts on this topic?</i></b><i> Do you keep a journal? How has journaling your thoughts helped you? And, If you haven’t kept a journal, would you start writing one to reveal your true essence? Share your thoughts in the comments below and tell me what you’re thinking.</i></p><p id="1aa8">With Love, Zeenat.</p><p id="7da7"><b><i>Zeenat Merchant Syal</i></b><i> is a Practicing Counseling Psychologist & Spiritual Counselor. She writes on Healing the Mind, Heart & Soul through Positivity on <a href="http://www.PositiveProvocations.com">Positive Provocations</a> & offers <a href="https://positiveprovocations.com/online-counseling/">Online Counseling</a> there too.</i></p><p id="e5fa"><i>Originally published on <a href="http://www.PositiveProvocations.com">www.PositiveProvocations.com</a></i></p></article></body>

5 Transformative Reasons to Start Journaling

Tap into this healing process to reveal your true essence

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

As the world is engulfed with a pandemic, we are all in introspective modes because our mortality at large is in danger. This makes me think about my essence as a human being. I’m thinking about that essence that is revealed when we have found or touched depth; that amazing calm, glowy, light, airy feeling we get when we see those who are already spiritually evolved.

That certain essence is present in each and every one of us.

After all, we are beings of light first. This body is just a vessel for that being of light. Unearthing that light is our truest essence.

So, How can we reveal our True Essence? The answer is simple and doable!

Journaling is the answer

Journaling isn’t just recording what happens but is a positive process in which you can transform into the highest and truest version of yourself.

Here is why…

5 Transformative Reasons to Start Journaling

“The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order.” ~ Eudora Welty

I have been journaling for many years now. Journaling has been a positively transformative journey for me. There are so many parts of myself I have discovered and rediscovered along the way. So much I have learned and so much I have rearranged in my head and heart because of this simple yet powerful habit.

Here are the top 5 reasons I keep journaling:

1) Inner understanding:

Journaling has a way of revealing your truest feelings. It brings out all those feelings you couldn’t with the outside world. It has helped me “feel” differently and deeply about some of the past events of my life, which I was having trouble letting go of. It has helped me to let go of negative emotions attached to those events only to replace them with positive ones. I have actually been able to own up to so much within my journal…sometimes I astound even myself as I write it all.

2) Changed perceptions:

We are all living a life controlled by our mental conditioning and pre-defined societal perceptions. That in itself can make life very limiting. Journaling your thoughts helps put things in perspective. I have noticed that however scattered I may feel about something, or however muddled I may be in my thoughts when I sit to write it all down, it becomes perfectly organized and thereby changes my perception of the whole situation at hand. A changed perception often leads to a changed YOU.

3) Personal growth:

Journaling every day has the ability to push you up in all ways possible. I remember when I began journaling I wasn’t very regular with it. But as time passed by I began craving to write it. The reason for that craving was, that this simple habit of journaling, was allowing me to evaluate myself and understand myself in a whole new positive light, which is fantastic for a person like me who is constantly trying to be a better person.

4) Owning my story:

Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be, down the line, if you could leave your wisdom to someone you love? When I journal I feel powerful beyond measure because I’m writing my thoughts and my story in there. It might be for my own personal healing, but it's incredibly empowering to know that this lifelong book of my life lessons might be of value to someone I love. I do plan to pass it along to my daughter in the future when I am not around.

5) Stress management:

Journaling can be a great stress buster too! Especially when I am stressed, the act of writing it all down in a journal helps me to calm down. I pour it all out and then am left with a feeling of relief. After it is all out on paper, it doesn’t seem that big a deal anymore. It’s amazing how this simple act works magic on our psyche right?!

The simple act of journaling, writing a few sentences, and recording a few thoughts, can bring about significant positive transformation within us and lead to revealing our truest essence of being.

Journaling has changed my life for the better. It has made me more aware, open, understanding, in tune with the Divine, more loving — more ME.

Start Journaling

Especially now with the pandemic, introspection and stress being at their all-time high is the best time to start your own journaling practice. It can be your own little escape from the pressures of the external world.

Start with 2–3 sentences a day. And always start with: Dear Me,_____

Conversations with yourself never felt this rewarding. Try it and if you need any help with it, don’t hesitate to discuss it with me. I’m always here for your help and healing.

***What are your thoughts on this topic? Do you keep a journal? How has journaling your thoughts helped you? And, If you haven’t kept a journal, would you start writing one to reveal your true essence? Share your thoughts in the comments below and tell me what you’re thinking.***

With Love, Zeenat.

Zeenat Merchant Syal is a Practicing Counseling Psychologist & Spiritual Counselor. She writes on Healing the Mind, Heart & Soul through Positivity on Positive Provocations & offers Online Counseling there too.

Originally published on www.PositiveProvocations.com