WRITING OUR SELVES TOWARDS SELF DISCOVERY

I have a story to tell. My story is the representation, in words, of my life. More importantly, my story is my way of knowing WHO I AM. I believe my goal in life is simple: to discover who I am so I will become as "fully realized" as I can. WHO WE ARE is not an event in time; it is a process. Each day we live—each hour, each minute that we are awake—we are getting closer to who we are, to our essential nature. It’s just that, if we don’t write about it, it is more difficult to see!

Telling our stories is a wonderful way to become more self-aware. It is so very simple because our stories really ARE who we are. We need only to tell the truth. The truth reveals who we are.

I begin each day by writing. It doesn’t matter what I write. There are no rules. There should be no inhibitions, no boundaries. I write whatever is in my mind. If it is something so personal that I don’t want others to read, then I don’t let them read it. But still, I’ve written it—exposed it to the light—for me to look at. Which is the point. The point is that it’s SELF discovery, not SOMEONE ELSE discovery.

Each time I write I reveal myself a little more. Simply by putting my thoughts onto paper I am able to look at them. After some years spent doing this, I am beginning to see the whole picture of me.