The Book of Life
I was asked recently, “๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ?”
Did you know that some of the most important historical records are the diaries and other personal writings of individuals from all different walks of life?
Living in the Netherlands, I am often reminded of one the most significant diaries of our time – that of Anne Frank, the 13-year-old Jewish girl living here, who, at the age of 16, died in a German concentration camp.
Her diary, written whilst she was confined in an Amsterdam apartment house, shares her story of how she and her family went into hiding for two years to avoid Nazi persecution. Since her death, the words from her diary have inspired millions. And because of her diary the world has known all about the terrors of growing up during the Holocaust.
My journaling journey began early when I was a young 12-year-old.
It has been the first thing Iโve done every morning for as long as I can remember.
๐๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง?
You do not have to write every day, even though this would be good. It could be weekly. It could even be as and when there is something that is memorable or moving or meaningful.
Remembering is an important part of life and journals help us to do that. They also help me to slow down!
๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ – by Zelda Davis Howard
Life is a book made up of days
Each one of us writes one,
Itโs opened when we come to earth
And closed when life is done.
No pen but ours ere touches it
In our own way we write,
Whether we fail or succeed
Turns with the page at night.
And there is no erasing it
To add or take away,
The yesterdayโs account is closed,
Sealed within white or grey.
The morning gives another sheet
Thatโs broad and very white,
And oh, how glorious to have
Another chance to write!
No bad is there too small to show
No good thatโs ever lost,
All that we do goes into Lifeโs book
In black and white embossed.
- Every life is a tale worth telling.
- Why not begin yours today?
