Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

How does it feel to sit at your Spiritual Power Spot in your home? Peace? Calm? Some other feeling or sensation? Do you journal and practice silent meditation for 5 to 15 minutes at this spot? 

At times when I’m faced with a “shitty” emotional problem I let go of the brick wall of expectations that my inner critic builds. If that doesn’t work, (and here’s when my journal comes to my rescue) at the top of the page of my notebook I write, “What should I do? How can I solve this problem?” Instead of carrying  my grievances and complaints around I vent them in my journal as no one else seems to be as intimate as this notebook.

Journaling requires trust in yourself and believing that the practice you are following has inherent merit. You may stumble; you may fall but stumbling and falling are not failing. 

Each day, return to your notebook the way you return to your personal power spot, to your breathing exercises.

Try to journal 2-3 pages. By the time you are on the third page the reason for your discomfort and imbalance will reveal itself. That reason may be as mundane as needing a full night’s sleep. Perhaps a walk outdoor. But day by day and page by page you will discover what else is going on within you. Your journaling will reveal how and why you feel stifled or bored or empty or rushed. You will look at your personal, familial, social and spiritual life with new eyes. You will realize some of what is really going on inside is deeper than what you were aware of. I’ll leave you with a quote from Robin Sharma:

The starting point of discovering who you are,
Your gifts your talents, your dreams, 
is being comfortable with yourself.
Spend time alone. Write in a journal.