My notes from Fr. Hardon's talk at Thomas Aquinas College on "Writing and the Spiritual Life" on March 28, 1998, as published in the TAC Newsletter.
Reading this reminded me that I really should keep a journal of thoughts, ideas, notes, from my reading, stories, etc. Here are a few tidbits from the lecture:
"Very few people understand the value of writing...
My purpose here is to help you see why writing is such a blessed asset of the spiritual life. To be convinced of the value of writing, if only a few words every day, is to have made a giant stride on the road to sanctity...
Writing disciplines the mind. Left to ourselves our thoughts are nothing less than a jungle filled with wild animals. Our most important duty in life is to master our minds, to control our thoughts...
Every thought leads to a desire. Every desire leads to a habit. Every habit shapes our character. And our character determines our destiny. It all begins in the mind...
Writing is a proved way of lowering oneself in one's own estimation. There is no way known for more surely and effectively growing in humility than by writing...
we cannot write without thinking...
we should write for the practice of charity in sharing our souls...
What God in His wisdom and love has shared with us, keep a record of that. Share that wisdom and love with others by writing it down."
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