A season is something that changes. The weather has seasons. So do careers, relationships, and lifetimes. What kind of season is changing in your life right now? Draw a vertical line and a horizontal line on a sheet of paper so that it is divided into four boxes. In the left-hand boxes you will write down information about the old season, the one that is leaving. In the … [Read more...] about Change of Season
Memory
I Forgot
Begin every line of your writing today by carefully writing the words, “I forgot…” There is so much to forget! Some things are forgotten forever. Other things we forget only momentarily, but with great consequences. We even forget how much we have forgotten. Try not to plan for what you will write before you actually put down the words, “I forgot.” Watch your hand … [Read more...] about I Forgot
I Forgot
Today you will write down some of the many things you have forgotten. Some things are probably forgotten for good, like the names of every single one of your parents’ friends and the type of coat each one wore in the winter time. Sometimes temporary forgetting can lead to permanent remembering. Do you have an odd fact stuck in your brain forever because you forgot it on … [Read more...] about I Forgot
Before That
What are you doing right now? You can answer a question like that in a zillion ways. Whatever your answer is, write it down. On the next line, write “Before that…” and write down what you did before that. You can write short things or long things, one word or a whole page. You can skip back one nanosecond in time, or 3,000 years. If you skip back to the Big Bang and … [Read more...] about Before That
Setbacks and Calamities
No matter how well we might understand that life is unpredictable, we still make plans. We have dreams and desires. We have expectations. Whether it’s a set of lost keys or a sudden tragedy, things are always happening that knock us off course. And when they do, we have no choice but to keep going, because time only moves in one direction. Write about one time or several … [Read more...] about Setbacks and Calamities