Enthusiastically, Dawn

When did you last write a note on paper to someone? Was it a note on the kitchen table to a family member? Was it a thank you note? Was it a note to yourself on a Post-it? With texting so prevalent and phones in the hands of most everyone, it’s hard to believe notes still need to be written. But, I think we do find they do!

Handwritten notes are fun to receive and when we see that ink on the page from whomever has written, does it not somehow seem to bring them closer ? Notes are personal- something intimate, slow. Someone has to take time to sit and write legibly on paper. It takes time to think out what one wants to say, to make the pen obey, and clearly write out the message one wants to convey. It takes time to read the note.

Doesn’t it make one long for a time when things …everything – was a bit slower?

Either way, let’s make time to take note of today’s prompt!

Prompt 11: Write a Note

Write -Pick from the list below, or add your own and write a note to:

1. Yourself. Write what you wish someone would say to you. Give yourself the gift of words. What note would you leave for yourself, if knowing what you know, you were your own best friend?What encouragement or advice do you think you need to hear? Write it.
2. A pet. Write a note to a pet that you had in the past, or that you have now. It can be a silly fun one, or heartbreakingly cathartic.
3. The city, town, state. or country you reside.
4. Your body. Write a note to your physical body, or a specific body part. This can be fun, or wonderfully affirming. Go whatever way you want, but remember words have power.
5. God. Write a note that starts with a question and ends with a statement.

OR

Writing to Remember- choose one and respond in your journal. Remember to include all the details that you can recall, who, where, why, what, how, etc.

1. Write about writing a note as a child
2. Who wrote you your first note?
3. Share about a penpal, or someone with whom you corresponded.
4. A love note you wrote, regretted or received.
5. A note you kept.

Notes to Heaven- When my Mom died in 2018, I felt there was so much left unsaid. I began to write her some letters. I’ve often thought about writing to friends and loved ones gone and mailing them to Heaven. But since I don’t have a literal address to send them to, the journal will have to suffice.

1. Write a note to a friend, or loved one who is no longer here with you this side of eternity. Don’t worry so much about getting it right as much as writing from the heart.

Letters of Love – For the Brethren

1. Write about your favorite Epistle. What passage is most significant to you? Why do you love it, what has it helped you understand? What truth has been clarified?
2. Respond to one of the Epistles (or a passage for the sake of the timer) personally as if you are writing/talking to the author who (by inspiration of God of course) wrote it. What questions do you want to ask? Write as if you the author is sitting in the room with you! Choose a passage and inquire away- in your journal!

Happy Journaling!

Enthusiastically, Dawn