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I think about how the collection of books on my bookshelf came about. First it was just a few books and over time there is a book shelf filled with all sorts of fiction and non-fiction I found interesting over the years. 

Which is why when I think about journaling and how over time each book adds to what eventually becomes the collection of me. Who I was in the moment I wrote that. What was happening in my personal life and in the world. My hopes, dreams, sorrows, frustrations, rants and everything in between. At some point that collection of journals becomes the collection of me.