This was a fine piece, well constructed and conveyed.
Journaling was my beginning of developing a relationship with something greater than myself, that had nothing to do with religionv (I was raised catholic, but began questioning it at an early age), but everything to do with spirituality.
I didn’t even know it at the time (I was 13 when I began), but that journal, which I still do 51 years later, became my best friend when I had no real friends I could trust. It helped me when I was seeking a spiritual way of living that worked for me.