writing is the path to awareness. i'm ot talking about anything fancy here. neither spelling nor gammer count. even logic doesn't count. i'm just talking about the act of putting words on paper. raw flow. it makes life clear. it forces us to clarify our intentons. it forces us to confront what bothers us. it forces us to face up to our inconsistencies. it forces us to take a stand. it forces us to know ourselves. write it down. yes, it's that important. the best advice i can possiblygive if you are imterested in developing greater emotional intelligence is to begin to journal every morning.

once we get those muddy, maddening, confusing thoughts on the page, we face our day with clearer eyes, we are more honest with ourselves and others, more centered, more spiritually at ease. journaling is about reflection. it is reflection at its finest. without reflection, there is no movement. without reflection it is possble to repeat the same mistakes without even realising that you are making them.

when you notice that the same lessons or the same problems keep recurring in your life, you must ask yourself, 'what is it that you haven't changed?' also, you must reread your journals to discover the progress, the repeated areas where we continually make the same mistakes, and for hints about secrets still to be uncovered.

only writing down in a journal gives you the opportunity to have access to the history of your inner thoughts. it's very powerful to have that kind of record in life.