You know how some athletes would say, "wow! That felt good, I feel awesome now." after a good workout at the gym?
Well, that's sometimes me after I finish writing a journal entry. It's not something I do everyday -- writing in my journal -- but when I do, I write heartily, even when I don't feel like writing sometimes. You know when you just don't want to dwell on the past because it'll make you swell up even more? Or like yesterday, I had a good day, but my eyes were so tired, my body aching, I didn't feel like writing. But there was a journal entry somewhere in me, so I opened up my journal and started writing.
And I felt empowered after. By myself, haha. Just like a good workout, I felt better as I reflected upon my day, and as the things that I was grateful for unknowingly spread across my pages. After all, that's what the journal is half the time. Chapters of gratitude, intertwined with pain, frustration, confusion. But gratitude, when we are observant enough to find it, feels great.