Dear all,
I'm sure you are looking forward to the break next week. Do have a good holiday and see you on 22 March , our next session..
I'm sure you remember Ms Tiffany Tang who was with us during the last session. Here is something that she'd like to share with us:
Dear Everyone,
Hope it has been a good week for you. Once again, I’d like to say a BIG ‘thank you’ to all the lecturers and volunteers who have so passionately given your time to conduct the journaling program with the kids from various homes. I assure you that in giving to these children, some day you too, would receive rewards that far outweigh what you have contributed.
I mentioned that I would like to share a little and suggest some ideas along the way on how we can make the sessions more impactful, meaningful and effective. I hope you can give some feedback to these ideas. The more brains, the better, so don’t keep ideas to yourself. Bounce them off to us here. This is an excellent platform where all of us can and should be using to exchange our suggestions.
1) You’ve gotta experience first in order it to share it well.
Creative journaling is somewhat a tricky and abstract issue. It’s not the activity that makes sense, but it’s the practice which resulted from an understanding that by writing and putting my thoughts in a book, I can perhaps work out this problem. (Are you confused? Well, like I’ve said - it’s abstract!)
But firstly, you would have to be convinced that, YES!, journaling has indeed helped me when I was sad due to an incident. Or journaling has given me the courage to speak my mind as I have learnt to express myself more confidently. Such examples are necessary for you as the volunteer to grasp. Otherwise, you would be doing it just as another activity. The actual message hasn’t been conveyed.
I’d like to end by sharing some benefits of journaling. This has to do with personal growth. Read them and be inspired! There are already 21 benefits listed here. When you have started your own journal, please feel free to share how you have been impacted by it. The first 8 volunteers who share on this blog get a prize from me!
Personal growth:
Journaling …
Enables you to live life to the fullest
Is fun, playful and sometimes humorous
Expresses and creates
Plants seeds
Starts the sorting and grouping process
Integrates life experiences and learnings
Moves you towards wholeness and growth, to who you really are
Creates more results in life
Explores your spirituality
Focuses and clarifies your desires and needs
Enhances self expression
Enhances career and community
Allows freedom of expression
Offers progressive inner momentum to static unrelated events
Exercises your mental muscles
Improves congruency and integrity
Enhances breakthroughs
Unfolds the writer in you
Maximizes time and business efficiency
Explores night dreams, day dreams and fantasies
Measures and tracks what is important
