I find writing to not only be therapeutic, but a gift of freedom from the never-ending thinking in my brain. If you're anything like me, it can be a circus in there and there isn't always a ringmaster in charge. A lot of the time, the monkeys are running amock and not making the best decisions.
Our brain is pure magic - it's in charge of every single cell that makes up who you are and all your thoughts, feelings, and imaginations. It can create fictional worlds while simultaneously keeping your heart beating. Like I said, it's pure magic.
One of the greatest functions of our brain is language and its ability to translate experiences into words that others understand. From infancy, we're surrounded by words that we put together in communication with other humans. Words are powerful as they can define who we are, bring our experiences to life and dictate our entire world.
James Clear recently shared this on his LinkedIn page
"Writing is the superpower of humankind. It is our truest form of magic.
Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: "There is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words."
Furthermore, writing is the foundation of nearly every technology and innovation because we have to record what we know before we can build upon it. And these innovations are passed down from generation to generation, allowing our children to inherit a richer intellectual fortune than what we were born into. The world is richer because we write and nobody is made poorer in the process."
How often are you writing?
Developing a journaling practice can be the greatest gift to yourself - free-flowing and curious about who you are, your perspective of the world and who you want to be. Your experiences and perspectives need a home to live in and a journal is a beautiful place for them to live in. You don't need to be a 'good' writer to write - the act of writing is magic. Nothing profound has to happen while you write but what you'll notice is a growing skill that develops over time.
Writing allows you to organize your thoughts and feelings in a non-threatening process where you don't have to commit to how or what you've written. How I feel today, is simply how I feel in this moment. My perspective on a situation is where I find myself in the moment with no commitment that it will remain the same one week from now. Writing is the process of learning about what's happening in the circus of the mind and not letting the monkeys run the joint.
I call you and challenge you to write. To use your words and make the world richer, as James Clear stated. If you start today, I wonder where you'll be in 3 months. Or 6 months?
I know that you'll end up someplace different than you find yourself today. Isn't that worth the risk? I sure do think so.
Happy writing,
Cecilia
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