Keeping a journal helps us learn who we are.
In a world full of confusion over its identity, it is important to know how we figure out our divine worth.
1. Write.
I have been feeling the importance of writing for awhile now. But I have felt like I had nothing to say. Apparently that is a myth. I have often heard it said that a testimony is born when you bare it. Writing is the same way. When you write, you begin to have something to say.
For me, it is easier to write in pen on a piece of paper. It starts out as random thoughts, a brainstorm and then it transforms in to more fluid thoughts. (It is also the case for revelation.) My writing has always been about trying to figure something out. Something I need help with. Struggling to control my thoughts or anger, or trying to study an issue out in my mind so I can better help me child.
Sometimes writing is not enough, it is helpful to review my thoughts with others that I trust, a sister mother, brother, spouse, trusted friend (one that would be honest and open with me), or mentor. Then that helps me to work through the hangups.
I believe writing must be a form of creation.
I have been praying for while to help me to write, because I feel like I have been called, but was not able to follow through. But, I think I finally have gained a testimony of writing. I have been dragging my feet for awhile on the why and the how. But the talk "Why Write it" Brad Wilcox was transformational for me.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1999/09/why-write-it?lang=eng&_r=1#listen=audio
We all have something to say. What is being born within your heart that you need to share?
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