Dear Diary, Yesterday was an interesting day. First, my fight with a coworker I’m about to disengage with left me feeling bitter, angry, and hurt. My fears of isolation emerged. Yet, somewhere beyond these fears and related negative emotions, there must have been a lingering sense of peace—one that perhaps only became clearer today. This… [keep reading]
Dear Diary, Following my triggers, I found myself contemplating the first time I felt the emotion they stirred up in me, which led me to write this entry. I was just a boy, maybe a little older than 10. My mother was busy working and studying, striving to get her degree while also working full-time,… [keep reading]
Dear Diary, Today, I’m prompted to write to you because of a line inspired by A Course in Miracles: “Here in this world, we cannot do anything else but dream.” I’ve never thought about that before. But perhaps it aligns with everything that is happening these days—so much emotional sharing and release… It seems I’m… [keep reading]
Dear Universe, Sorry to be such a downer today, but I think when I’m least inclined to practice gratitude, that’s when it may benefit me the most. Tonight, as I sit here upset, what can I find gratitude in? I realize I have an array of ‘cognitive’ tools at my disposal to counteract this surge… [keep reading]
Dear Diary, Today, I felt the resurgence of past grievances—a couple of “storms of injustice.” Both instances take me back to a particular period in my life, around the time I broke up with my last girlfriend and left an association I’d founded and helped nurture. To summarize, post our breakup, my ex-girlfriend conveniently erupted… [keep reading]
Dear Universe, I’m here to exercise my awareness of my blessings, focusing especially on people, as I’ve been encouraged to do. On one hand, my heightened sensitivity often makes me feel more vulnerable than I’d like. On the other, I’ve recently realized that my journey is not a solitary one; I have a purpose that… [keep reading]
Dear Universe, Today I’m grateful because I somehow found the courage to reach out and “forgive” a friend with whom there had been a disagreement in the past, leading me to leave the group we were both part of. I’m not certain it was genuine forgiveness, or if I merely wanted to “send a message,”… [keep reading]
Dear Diary, There’s not much to report about today, except for a ‘small’ revelation: One of the lessons from A Course in Miracles suggested that I should forgive every hour, thereby ensuring that the next hour is free from the influence of the past. This means that each waking hour should be spent forgiving the… [keep reading]
Dear Diary, Today, I brought my father back home. It seems like a trivial thing, except for one detail: I brought my father’s ashes home. My father passed away many years ago, but I still harbor some emotions. Not so much about his death, but about his illness. His disease took away his coordination and… [keep reading]