The Power of a Journal

I've Been Transforming!

It seems like I've been on a spiritual journey this past month..... A 'vision quest' of sorts.

I started one month and 2 days ago blogging abut my own personal weight loss efforts. On the very first day that was all it was to me... a weight loss. There is something, though, about the responsibility of creating a public record that has caused me to pause before I start each day, and really think about what I am doing, where I am going, who I want to connect with, and inspire, and who I want to learn from.

This walk has turned into a life altering experience for me. As I worked to transform my body and log it daily, it started to become less about my body, and more about my life. Not JUST my life... OUR life, our earth, our spirit, our connection... it has become something that some days shocks and amazes me.

I don't want to lose weight any more. I want to honor myself, nourish my body, and be connected joyfully with the earth. I wake up in the morning with energy coursing through my body, and a surprisingly happy, even content feeling. My physical goal has seen an incremental progress. What has become exceedingly clear is that this was NEVER about the physical goal to begin with. In fact that is only the smallest part of this walk.

Journaling has given me accountability, but it has also caused me to really think, each day, about what, and where and how and with whom. It has also caused me to reflect daily on the progression, and the feeling associated with that. I am only surprised that I have resisted the power of the journal for so long. Perhaps there was some small part of me that KNEW and resisted. What do you think?

Shelley
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