Yesterday, I asked you to write three things you are grateful for, and suggested that you didn’t have to limit yourself to three. Last night, after watching the latest news about Covid-19, I sat alone with my journal open at the kitchen table and made my own gratitude list in an effort to head off my despair about all the people who will die from this virus.

Journaling builds resilience. If you don’t already journal, it may be a good time to start. You don’t have to have a fancy journal, a pad of paper will do.

Back when I was a psychotherapist in Charleston, I would suggest to my clients that they keep a journal to help them process whatever difficulty there were going through. I genuinely believe that it is helpful to write down our thoughts and feelings. It helps us see who we are. The strong parts. The tender parts. Journaling can be just words or you can add images. I often doodle in the margins.

I have never shared a page from my journal with anyone, but today I am sharing one with you in hopes that it might somehow help you reinvest or invest for the first time in journaling your way through this historic moment.

Do you journal? If you do, why do you do it? How does it help you? I welcome any and all of your thoughts.

Stay well, my sweet friends.

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Note to newcomers: I love my reader community here, so I am posting something uplifting on this blog and also on my facebook page  every day at 4 pm (Eastern) until we get through the Covid-19 crisis. See yesterday’s post here.