“Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.” Quote by Julia Cameron
“Please follow the counsel you have been given in the past and maintain your personal journals. Those who keep a book of remembrance are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives. Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity.” WayHas BeensBookPastGivenLordPleaseBlessingLeavingDaily LifeJournalRemembrancePosterityCountingInventory Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“Every man should write a brief history of his life: his parentage, his birth, his religion, when he was baptized and by whom, when ordained, what to, and by whom-give a brief sketch of all his missions and of all his official acts and the dealings of God with him. Then if he were to die and the historians wished to publish his history, they would have something to go by.” IfsMenGivingShouldWritingDiesBirthMissionsEvery ManOfficialsHistorianPublishDealingsBaptized Author:Wilford Woodruff
“I would advise you to get all of your blessings written and preserve them...I do feel to enjoin it upon you to make a record of every official act of your life. If you baptize, confirm, ordain, or bless any person or administer to the sick, write an account of it. If every man will do this, the Church can write a correct account of it...if the power and blessings of God are made manifest in your preservation from danger...you should make a record of it. Keep an account of the dealings of God with you daily. I have written all the blessings I have received, and I would not take gold for them.” IfsMenFeelsShouldWritingPersonsMadeChurchRecordsWrittenDangerBlessingGoldSickAccountsEvery ManPreservesOfficialsBlessManifestPreservationAdviseDealings Author:Wilford Woodruff
“Journaling has become one of the most gratifying and fulfilling practices of my life. Not only do I derive the daily benefits of consciously directing my thoughts and putting them in writing, but even more powerful are those I have gained from reviewing my journals.” WritingPowerfulPracticeBenefitsFulfillingJournalMy ThoughtsJournaling Author:Hal Elrod
“Thoughts are created in the act of writing. [It is a myth that] you must have something to say in order to write. Reality: You often need to write in order to have anything to say. Thought comes with writing, and writing may never come if it is postponed until we are satisfied that we have something to say...The assertion of write first, see what you had to say later applies to all manifestations of written language, to letters...as well as to diaries and journals” IfsNeedsWritingFirstsWellsMayRealityOrderLanguageWrittenLettersMythSatisfiedManifestationJournalDiariesAssertionWritten Language Author:Frank Smith
“I haven't written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I-nor for that matter anyone else-will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen -year -old schoolgirl. Still, what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.” ThinkingWantWritingYearsFirstsHeartKindDoeStillsIdeasMatterDoneSeemsWantedLyingWrittenHavensMy HeartLike MeAll KindsOddBuriedDiariesThirteenThirteen Year Olds Author:Anne Frank
“As I view it, in every family a record should be kept...that record should be the first stone, if you choose, in the family altar. It should be a book known and used in the family circle; and when the child reaches maturity and goes out to make another household, one of the first things that the young couple should take along should be the records of their families, to be extended by them as life goes on...each one of us carries, individually, the responsibility of record keeping, and we should assume it.” IfsShouldFirstsChildrenBookYoungUsedViewsResponsibilityKnownRecordsGoes OnCoupleStonesAssumingCirclesMaturityCarrieYou ChooseHouseholdAltarsLife Goes OnYoung Couples Author:John Andreas Widtsoe
“Knowledge carefully recorded is knowledge available in time of need. Spiritually sensitive information should be kept in a sacred place that communicates to the Lord how you treasure it. This practice enhances the likelihood of receiving further light.” NeedsShouldLightLordPracticeInformationSacredCommunicateAvailableTreasureSensitiveReceivingLikelihoodTime Of NeedSacred Places Author:Richard G. Scott