Sitting on It

I like that, “Sitting on it.”  I was struggling last night and this morning about what to write for Thanksgiving.  So, I stopped and “sat on it.” 

It seems as if when I begin to write in my journal after struggling mentally about “what” to write, it all becomes clear.

I wrote, “I am learning that I don’t have to share all of my thoughts with others even if I believe it might bring love and help to them.” Right now, it is about me and my healing and my growth.  I’ve used writing as a catharsis, but so little do I contemplate on it as I need to.  The immediate surrender is only the beginning.

That’s what I’ve been doing as I write my book and revise and rewrite and revise again.  Now that I have gotten the grammar junk out of the way and made sentences clearer and more readable.  I have begun a new phase of reading, contemplating, shedding tears, feeling the aches, taking responsibility, and, most of all, being thankful for all of it.

It is part of my heart, and it is who I am.  Now, it’s becoming sharable because I am “Sitting on It,” and not avoiding what it can do for me!

My poem I wrote about a year ago for Thanksgiving means more to me now since I’ve taken a journey with it.  Wendy Craig-Purcell, says in “Just for Today” journal, “Even that which needs healing, eventually blesses me.”

As I include my poem, I know that being thankful is not all about turkey and pumpkin pie!  After filling your tummies, “Sit on it” and contemplate what you are truly thankful for in your life and know that God’s love is behind all things. 

Happy Thanksgiving!