The confidence you are building will strengthen the control in your life. When I focus my awareness on the present moment, I am calm and can then assess my feelings and my goals and true gratitude prevails. Journaling contributes to evoking mindfulness, healing, achieving goals, strengthening self-discipline, and improving memory and comprehension. Gratitude, when combined with journaling, greatly strengthens these benefits. I believe human beings are more alike than they are different. During my lifelong quest for inspiration, I have discovered that throughout history there have been amazing people who agree with me.I hope you enjoy the quotations I curated for this notebook. May they spark your inspiration as you begin to write each day.

The theme for Volume I, Issue 6 is focus. Learning what tools work to help you gently remind yourself to focus makes all the difference. Preparing your brain with goals; prioritizing where you want your focus to be; unplugging yourself from distractions; fueling your body; being comfortable; taking breaks, doodling or meditating. Try one of try them all. Experiement and learn what works best for you. There is no right or wrong way to learn how to focus.Let us make time to create, share and inspire today and every day.