innermost feelings and thoughts...

I've been reading through messages and emails that I've exchanged with friends over time. The most satisfying emails I've read are where they've opened their heart and put down in words how they truly felt and what their inner most thoughts were.

I have not always been this open with friends, sometimes but not always. I find it very difficult to dredge through my feelings, through the shallow easily accessible and publicly acceptable feelings to what is really being felt and thought. But when I do make this effort I find myself feeling a great deal of satisfaction when I am finished and especially when I read through these emails at a later date. It is, I suppose, a form of counselling. Being open and bringing these emotions and thoughts to the foreground helps in a way to visualise them and if necessary act upon them. There is also the added benefit of having someone with whom I respect to share these emotions and thoughts and having the added benefit of their opinions, thoughts and feelings.