Ananda, I agree about the benefit of rereading our journals. While I am going through something, it helps me vent, safely, and work things out in my head. In hindsight, it shows me, more often than not, that whatever was bugging me at the time, wasn't as catastrophic as it seemed. And, thirdly, it helps me see the themes of my issues. Invariably, the same defects rear their heads in different ways. My particular ones are expectations and fear.
I think that it's good to look at our pasts. I do think that we are making progress, but we often don't see it at the time.
You can say anything you like, because we love you.
