When I wrote the prompt that begins today's alphabet-inspired journal page, I thought it sounded familiar.
Two things you need in order to thrive.
Hmm. Didn't I already cover this, or something very similar, in an earlier page?
The answer took me to letter e, where this prompt appears: two things that are essential to your well-being.
They do seem quite similar. Until you dig into the definition of thrive.
According to both Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com thrive can be defined as growing vigorously. Vigorously! How often do you hear that?
It feels like something altogether different from well-being, don't you think? It feels like a different kind of examination, where well-being might be a starting point, and thriving might be found a little further along the path.
When I journaled this page, I found myself asking, what would it even take to grow vigorously? What kinds of conditions? What kinds of inspiration?
And what if we thought in those terms more generally? What do we need not just to grow and develop, but to do so vigorously?
Just imagine what we could accomplish then.
If you'd like to journal the letter t, you’ll find it — and the rest of the alphabet! — in my e-book Journaling From A-Z. It’s filled with oodles of alphabet-inspired prompts to inspire your journaling and two bonus punctuation-inspired pages. I had so much fun creating this series. I hope you’ll love journaling it!