A Course in Journaling

The only answer to the problem of feeling that life is becoming ever-more out of control is to take responsibility for your life. And the only effective way to do this is to live from the inside out. This means learning to listen to yourself, hear yourself and make yourself the cause, purpose and reason of your own life. Such a way of life as this is the complete antithesis of selfishness; for it allows you to come from a congruent place with whoever you are dealing with.

You can be congruent with others only once you have become so with yourself first. As Shakespeare put it: "To thine own self be true first." A truly effective way of getting to this place of inner congruity is to journal. If you journal as I describe in the next few pages, and persevere with it, your personal transformation is inevitable. It's that simple - if you do the thing, no matter what, and so keep putting one foot in front of the other, you'll get there one day.

By "there" I am referring to that place inside you wherein resides the authentic you. The you as you were when you were born, and the you that you still are under those layers of conditioning, fears and living up to other's expectations of you, and for you.

Personal growth is about accepting responsibility for yourself, your life and all that is in it. It is also about giving back responsibility to other people in terms of making their lives happen.
So let's take a look at how to do it...

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