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title: "Journaling Therapy Tips #193 - Peace Asleep and Awake"
description: Journaling your dreams into stories opens the way for you to dream more, more more dreams
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# [Journaling Therapy Tips #193 - Peace Asleep and Awake](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-prompts/bid/95573/journaling-therapy-tips-193-peace-asleep-and-awake)

 Written by [Mari L. McCarthy](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-prompts/author/mari-l-mccarthy) | Thu, Feb 21, 2013 @ 03:06 PM

I've been having incredibly vivid dreams lately. My journal (which happens to be made of recycled elephant dung if you were wondering) is filled with stories straight from my dreams. I start with what I can recall and then embellish where necessary to create a short story. So far, each dream has happened just once and I feel that by giving the dream an ending (in my journal) I receive closure so my mind can begin a new journey the next night. This is so important to me because for years I kept having the same dream over and over ... like my brain had a puzzle that needed solving and because I didn't solve it I had to keep playing .... super frustrating. Thanks to journaling, I am at peace when asleep and awake. ~Crystal Otto , Relax Consulting 

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No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it. Have a unrelenting belief that things will work out, that the long road has a purpose, that the things that you desire may not happen today, but they will happen. Persist and persevere, your desired path remains possible.  ~ Brad Gast

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