We sometimes forget that the everyday world around us now quickly
becomes altered by time. People and experiences now very common to us
become unfamiliar in just a short time. People whom we think will be our
close friends forever move away, and we lose contact. Relatives, now
important in our lives, die. Old buildings are replaced by new
structures. Kids’ games, teenage social customs, family daily
activities, Church activities, and styles in dress and music change. So
do our personal concerns, interests, tastes, abilities, and goals. WE
CHANGE. Scene by scene, therefore, our lives should be reflected in our
journal as fully and as accurately as possible.”
(William G. Hartley, “Diary and Journal Ideas,” New Era, Mar. 1977, 39)
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