Journal 

---

 

There are all types of things going on around us.  So many triggers, stimuli, and voices telling us what to do and where to go.  I'm not sure if you realize it or not, but we often listen to the wrong voice, the wrong opinions, and the wrong advice.  Now, when we make the decisions that we ought not make, these are the choices that make our life harder.  Sometimes we make decisions that seem like the best because it was the easy one to make in the present.  We can  find, through time,  that those easy/ comfortable decisions lead to a harder life in the future.

 

So, how do we keep track of all of our good choices, and all of our bad ones?  Better yet, what is the best way to learn from our failures in life?

 

Keep some type of a Journal. . .

 

I take note of a great motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, who taught not to trust your mind, but to take written notes of good ideas and things that you have learned.  A great way to remember things is to write them down and review them later for insight. He suggest that you keep a journal.

 

This is wisdom friends.  If we don't want to keep taking the same test over and over again in life, we must try to remember what we learn from failing the first time.  We must take note of the things that worked out well for us. We must remember the series of choices that get us in the bad spaces of life. I keep a journal.  I keep this blog.  I am working on making a habit of reviewing these important lessons of life on the regular so that I don't have to relive the same mistakes over and over.  I can start making different kinds of mistakes! At least I am learning about my self.  I have the freedom to do this because I trust in the Lord.  He tells me that he will not leave me nor forsake me.  He tells me to be of good courage because he will be with me where ever I go.  He tells me that he will keep me in perfect peace.  He tells me that my labor is not in vain and that everything is working out for my good.  I listen to this voice.  This is the voice that we all should be listening to.  The voice that was sent to lead us beside still waters and into green pastures.  This is the voice of the Holy Spirit that is food for the hungry, water for the thirsty, and rest for the over worked.  Thank you Holy Spirit for your notebook of life, the Holy Bible.  I make sure that I read and review this book because it has great wisdom in it.  It is the book that will show you other people's experiences so that you can learn from them and not make the same mistakes they did. . .  This is what this book is for.  It is like the journal for all mankind. 

 

I offer this suggestion not as a fix all to life's problems.  Problems happen and you are not alone in that.  However, there are things that we can do just to more mindful of our part in our suffering.  I encourage you to keep moving forward in this journey.  Know that you have a friend in the faith and if you are not a believer, you are still a friend.

 

Let this be motivation for the week to come. Keep a journal and learn from life.  Read the word of truth and learn from other people's lives.

 

Tamorra

 

This post Originated from 

ARTTEACHER4PURPOSE.BLOGSPOT.COM