10 Majestic Ways We Are Like Our Notebooks
I feared what filled the pages would expose me, but it was in our likeness I stood naked
1. Stumbling through Sentences
My notebook has many missteps: pages are torn, words are crossed out, and half-finished ideas are throughout. All of this in me is my perfectly imperfect self.
2. Mirrors of the Mind
Reprinting notebooks and diaries has to be one of the most accepted ways we peek into another's mind. We seek reflections of ourselves, wonder about their journey, and find hope in their ideas. Similarly, it is enchanting to have deep conversations through which our sharing lifts us.
3. Experience Expressed
I age with beauty from the marks of a life well-lived, etched into my being through wear and tear. Though we may lose pages and our leather may wear, these signs of age only add to our charm.
Our signs of age only add to our beauty
4. Journey of Discovery
The empty pages left in each of us can be daunting some days and inspiring others. The idea is inspiring of all that can be. However, when the ink dries on the page, I need to step away from thoughts of more or sooner and embrace all I have done.
5. Ink of Individuality
There are many different notebooks and different ways of working within our notebooks. Our individuality is beauty to me.
6. Framed Freedom
We are bound but free, my notebook and me. The specific era and location of my birth put me on a unique path. This path has its own opportunities and constraints; the unique way I am bound. But, it is in following my interests and callings along my path that I am free.
In following my unique interests and callings, I am free
7. Language Lovers
Tell me the deepest of words to treasure, protect and love. Words mean a lot to me, and I treasure them deep inside.
8. Memoirs of Mortality
I glimpse at my notebook and estimate the pages left. I hope to fill them all, but I may lose my notebook, have it stolen, or spill my coffee all over it. I estimate my life, too, but it isn't guaranteed. We both have a finite lifespan.
9. Writing that Wonders and Wanders
We are vessels for information, which we store as beautifully as we can. My notebook and I have a remarkable capability to expand with understanding. We can enrich ourselves if we seek to understand.
We can enrich ourselves if we seek to understand
10. Echoes of Eternity
Despite my finite life, I can, like my notebook, leave behind a legacy that has a lasting impact. If I choose kindness, love, and wisdom, I know I will leave behind the best of myself I can.
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This Notebook, This Me
Imperfect scribbles, signs of age,
reflect our beauty, worn by stage.
Empty pages, daunting yet bright,
hold dreams and fears, both day and night.
Bound yet free, we find our way,
in unique paths, we bravely stay.
Words we treasure, deep inside,
memoirs of life, where truths reside.
Finite lives, with echoes long,
in kindness, love, we stay strong.
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How are you like your notebook?
So many ways…
I adore this! So humbly and beautifully expressed. That's something to ponder for sure - how am I like my notebooks? Hmm...