Uniquely Yours Craft Journal

Dear Fellow Journalers,

If our eyes are the windows of our soul then our emotions are the Voice of our Soul.  Our emotions connect us to the deepest parts of our inner selves, the ones we reach as we journal. Have you ever noticed that if you’re really passionate about something and you write about it, the more you write and the deeper you delve into the situation, the more you See and feel yourself?

Many of us have never listened to ourselves. Oh, yes, we talk to ourselves, but that’s different. Even when we talk with others, some of us never really listen to the other person – we’re always thinking about what we are going to say next in the conversation.

Some of us are afraid of our emotions. We really shouldn’t be. Emotions, our feelings are our inner GPS; they give us a voice. The voice then gives us energy to tackle life. Some of the energy is fueled by negative and destructive emotions. Too many events in the past year demonstrate those situations. The good news is that we can channel our emotions to doing good things. Social media, newspapers and TV stations will feature “Good NEWS” this month. Those stories, for the most part, will touch our hearts and souls. These are stories about un-sung heroes, the pay-it-forward stories, the generosity at the soup kitchen etc.

What prompts these good emotions? Our mind is the tool that interprets the information that our emotions are giving us. It tells our emotions that this situation needs our full attention. A lot of the time, most of us act on instinct – raw emotion if you will.

We need, I think, in this coming year, to learn to listen to ourselves and to think about the relationship of our mind and emotions. According to everything I’ve read, it’s going to be a long and arduous  journey and we need all the good energy (emotions) to make it to our personal mountain top.

‘Til next time,

Sallie