Journaling Blog 12

I have been writing so much in my journal lately. It has been my best friend for the past three weeks through all of my stress, worry, and sadness. There is no feeling like writing down what you feel. I find myself going back sporadically to read what I have written and I feel the strength and emotion pour from my writing. It hits me hard to think that those were my feelings and emotions thrown and engraved onto the page. Sometimes, I feel like, “I don’t remember writing that” or “Wow, this really hurts.” In some cases, this writing brings situations back to life. It brings the happiness, sadness, confusion, or anger all back. I think what makes it so strong is that I am not censoring it. I don’t think about what I am writing. I am not watching for how something sounds or a grammatical error or fragmented sentence. I let it pour from my heart without a worry inside of me. No one is going to see this but me. I can be brave and let myself flow into the page. I wish this was how all writing could be. However, some writing does need to be looked at when it comes to audience, grammar, etc. But this is what journals are for. They are there to help a person express themselves and search inside to find what they are looking for. I encourage everyone to try journaling because it is so refreshing sometimes to realize that there is a place to put everything down and no one has to critique it. It is simply you. :)