Journal Write News

LAST CALL!   

Please R.S.V.P. - ASAP (that's today) if you'll be attending my Concert and After-Party on Saturday June 14. Concert is 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Senior Center ( 781-934-5774 ) and Party thereafter at 180 Bay Avenue, Green Harbor .  Mari@CreateWriteNOW.com

*...WAS BEING SO CLOSE *

To writing in your journal. This time you almost made it. You found a pen but unfortunately the dog ate your notebook. Or you have no time or you are too tired or you know you should but or ______.

The pains we experience in getting to the page are symptoms of Page Fright , a writer's (and we all are writers!) biggest headache. The causes of PF originate in our childhood where we sucked in what we saw or heard and took it personally. We're still carrying around those sick, erroneous thoughts/feelings and we're adding insult to injury with the stress and pressure we automatically put on ourselves.

The best home remedy for PF? Take a daily dose of exercising your writes--you put your past behind you and live in your presence.

* TRY THIS AT HOME *

Writing is an adventure--a journey to the center of your earth, your chance to explore and create the healthiest
YOU ever.

Get out your pen and notebook (preferably not the one the dog ate) Put at the top of the page: WHO AM I? and write away....

* IN YOUR OWN WORDS *

In this new periodic column, writers share their 'Writing as Therapy'  story. Today our columnist is Manpreet Juneja.

Writing to me was just a way of detailing out something that was unclear or getting in touch with friends via email when they were out of reach otherwise.

One incident brought about a paradigm shift in my thoughts about writing, following which I got to understand its 'healing' benefits.  I was going through a tough face taking everything in a negative perspective, being unable to vent out my frustrations and this was just adding onto my stress levels. Out of the blues, I picked up a letter pad and started writing 'Letter to God'. I went on to writing out all my frustrations and asking questions to God about my suffering and all negative things happening to me. I ended up writing a 10 pages long letter!

As soon as I finished writing that, I could feel the soothing calmness in my mind. The angry thoughts had just settled down. I could feel my mind so relaxed and free of all the clutter and was feeling happy instantly. That was the MOMENT and I had started thinking about the good side of happenings in my life. After that I got into a habit of writing out all my frustrations, doubts, good things and bad things whenever I felt low.

The best part was that I had also become more observant of smallest things around me giving me more and more happiness. This is how my blog on real life inspirational and short stories  http://www.preetangels.blogspot.com/ took its birth. I ended up writing whatever touched my heart and spreading message to the masses via my blog. My friends started liking my blog and they also ended up creating their own blog.

One of my friends also could identify his hidden talent of writing beautiful poems which again ended up acting as a 'therapy' for him. He regularly takes on to writing poems now whenever he feels low.

After seeing these major benefits of writing and expressing the thoughts, I am on my way to writing a book that inspires people. Life has simply changed for me and my friends with this discovery of 'therapeutic writing'.

Happy writing!
Manpreet

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

Vincent Van Gogh