Documenting Your Journey
may even want to go back through this book again in a year or two to see if any new areas of interest pop up. For several years, I’ve done exactly that. I’ve kept a notebook filled with things I want to explore. From time to time, I pull the book out to see what has changed. I’m always amazed, because every single time I do a review, there’s at least one thing I wrote down in the deep past that I’ve explored, even if I forgot I had it in my journal. Seeing written evidence of my progress makes me feel I accomplished something I truly wanted to do at a soul level. I believe you’ll feel the same when you try this practice. Likewise, I run through other items on my lists that remain undone and periodically ask myself if that item is still of interest or if it’s still important for me to pursue. If I feel it’s worthwhile, I keep track of that decision in my journal by putting the current date beside it so that down the road, I will remember the last time I revisited the issue. If I decide that it’s no longer something I want to do, I cross through it. I’ve kept this book for over fifteen years now, and it’s always quite amazing to see what comes up. My hope is that the journal you’re doing for this book will provide equally meaningful data to you.
Summing Up Throughout our lives, we all search for bits of information about our souls to help us put together the bigger picture about why we’re here, how we may best serve our fellow beings, and what our soul’s purpose has been over time. Taking notes is a big part of the process of empowered self-discovery. Your journal can help you make sense of things—if not immediately, then sometime in the future. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve gone back through old journals and found something that changed my life for the better. I find myself feeling so thankful I took the time to write things down, and I know you’ll feel the same.
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