Some Journal Entries from A Young Aspiring Contemplative

I’ve been refurbishing my office over the past few months, and so one of the tasks I’ve taken on is reviewing my old journals. Most of them I’m content to simply leave tucked away in the corner of the closet where they’ve been sitting for a while.

But the other day I came across a journal I kept from November 1985 to December 1986. I was 24 when I began …