Journal Prompts post 3

Time for another journal prompt post

Today I'm going to do quite a few.

 

They are:

What are your views on religion?

What keeps you up at night worrying? Are your worries realistic? Is there anything you can do about them?

Do you have a philosophy of life? If so, what is it? If not, what is your method for making important decisions?

In what areas are you optimistic, and in what areas are you pessimistic?

What are your most prized possessions?

WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON RELIGION

I was raised a Jehovah's Witness.  I went to the kingdom hall three time a week, went out in field service, and didn't celebrate anything but anniversaries.  It wasn't a bad upbringing, by any means.  But now that I'm older, I have a completely different view on religion.  I now believe that - as long as you believe it with everything in your being - it's true.  Be it Catholic, Baptist, or Jehovah's witness, as long as YOU believe, with every fiber in your being, that it's the truth and the way, then it is.  I'm not sure how I feel towards religion as far as I'm concerned.  I've had a lot of different things happen to me that have me questioning a lot about Religion.  And I refuse to debate about it.  It's something that I have to figure out on my own, ya know?

 

WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT WORRYING? ARE YOUR WORRIES REALISTIC? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM?

I worry about a little bit of everything, from finances, to keeping up with the house, to my MS/PTSD/BP.  I worry about my kids, and my husband, and my family, and my friends.  I literally worry about everything. It's something I've done the vast majority of my life. I am working on it now, on trying not to worry about every little thing.  And I'm sure I will get there eventually. Most of the worries aren't really realistic, and logically I know that. But logic goes out the window when I'm fighting the worries on a daily basis, ya know?  And the only thing that I've found that works is to talk them out, or write them out. Just to get them out of my head, ya know?

 

DO YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE? IF SO, WHAT IS IT? IF NOT, WHAT IS YOUR METHOD FOR MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS?

I do have a philosophy on life. I believe that as long as you try your best, and do what is right (and you know what's right and wrong) then you are on the right path.  Sometimes choices are difficult, but as long as you do what is right and do the best you can, then you should be proud of yourself for that.  I do a lot of thinking about choices and decisions in my life. I will go over and over and over the question, sometimes so many times that those around me get frustrated at me for it.  But that's the way I handle important decisions, ya know?  I have to think about it long and hard to make sure that I'm making the right choice for the question. Does that make sense?  IDK, but that's the way I handle things like that.

 

IN WHAT AREAS ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC, AND IN WHAT AREAS ARE YOU PESSIMISTIC?

I am optimistic in a lot of areas of my life.  I always try to believe that as long as we work as hard as we can, what is meant to be will happen.  As long as you do the best we can all the time, and we never give up, life will work out.  At least I TRY to be that way.  Most of the time I can accomplish it, but sometimes it falls in the other end of things.  I get super pessimistic sometimes about things that are going on, constantly worrying about what is going to happen or how we are going to make things work.  Thankfully, my husband is a HUGE help in that area. He has a way of putting my mind at ease when I can't seem to catch my breath.

 

WHAT ARE YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS?

I have a few things that are my prized possessions.  I have a doll that I've had since I was Ivy's age.  Her name is Nelly Alice, and she's my cabbage patch doll.  I have my violin, which I've had since I was in the 6th grade, and I still love to play it for my friends and family.  I have my wedding ring, which isn't some fancy smancy diamond ring - but it's a celtic knot ring - and it means the world to me because of what it stands for. And I have a giant teddy bear that my husband got me one day when I was sick - his name is Mr Bear - and he is something that I love to cuddle with while I'm falling asleep and I talk to him when I'm having a bad day and can't really talk to anybody else about it, lol. Yes, I know that's a little silly, but it is what it is.  So SHHH! lol. 

 

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That's my journal prompts for today.  Those were a little more interesting for me today.  I don't know what it is that sometimes things like that are amusing to me.

 

Comment below with YOUR answers to the questions!  I wanna hear!

Ok, I'm off for the night

LATER TATER
LYNZ