Day 9: On Truthtelling
Our First Annual Lunar New Year Journaling Challenge
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the archives lately.
Interviewing my parents for a writing project which has been a seedling of an idea growing ever so slowly.
Flipping through pages of old notebooks to recover old gems of wisdom that I’ve scribbled down over the years.
Re-visiting books which I’ve read before but whose words have embodied so much more meaning for me after the past year.
It’s remarkable to me how some of the writing remain timeless, and even more how seasons of fear and uncertainty, wisdom and truth cycle throughout our lives.
Just today I came across these words which I’d dated in my notebook on March 20, 2019. Sadly the author’s name is not noted, but in revisiting my notes and mining the wisdom from them, these words stayed with me.
“There is something that happens when we finally speak our truth. A releasing of tensions, of burdens, of walls. A creation of space for us. An allowance to move forward, hard as it may be. It allows for possibility, where we were blocked before.”
Before we began our journaling challenge, I wrote that I had recently had a breakthrough in my meditation that offered me a sliver of clarity. Through stillness I realized that I needed to first accept the disappointments I experienced in the past year, in order to be able to make meaning of them and move forward.
Coming across those words that had resonated with me almost six years ago felt like they were nudging me toward the next step in that discovery process.
First, we must accept our disappointments for what they are. Then, we must state the truth of what we know. The truth cam help lead us to transformation.
With these words in mind, let us begin our ninth day of journaling. We are nearing the end of our practice together. I hope this time, whether it offered a serious space of reflection or a moment to merely take in these words and pause, have been a time of restoration for you in some way.
Day Nine Lunar New Year Journaling Prompt:
✨ Reflect & Write:
Have you discovered any truth(s) of your own lately? If so, write it down now. Don’t worry about how silly or serious it might sound. Just write without judgment.
How do you feel in writing that truth?
In examining the other side of truth, is there something you believed as true for a long time only to realize a different reality? Write about it here. Or, simply use this time to free-hand journal whatever comes to mind.
May we recognize our truths - no matter how seemingly small or significant - and may they lead us one step closer towards the transformation we seek in our selves.
Love,
Summer