“What good shall I do this day?”
- Benjamin Franklin
In his journal, diplomat, scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin regularly asked himself what good he could do, his way to focus on how he could serve others and benefit society as he went about his daily routine. In the evenings, he returned to his journal to reflect on this question: “What good have I done today?” Making plans and taking stock on a regular basis helps us continue to stay connected to what’s important to us.
It’s said that, when Franklin had a decision to make, he took a sheet of paper, drew a line down the middle, then wrote the “pros” and the “cons” of the situation. As many of us have experienced, something about seeing the components of a decision on paper helped him figure it out. Dr. Sheppard Kominars, author of Write for Life: Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit Through Journal Writing, shares that seeing a situation on paper moves it to a different dimension of our brain—from rumination to the problem-solving portion.
What good shall you do this day?
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