Healing
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There’s so so many words around nowadays There’s so many places to write, comment and react Pictures to write tag lines Hashtags to gain attention Words dictated, words described Words The Noise of words And if i’m not careful, here’s some more. Stop. Pause. Stay. Here. Still. Just a bit longer. Love. Be. Love. You.…
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..is a raw, heartfelt, inspiring book. It’s about the way in which the unconscious expectations are placed on a child, it’s the story of how a child, then teenager, Jeannette McCurdy, has to resist growing up to maintain the fantasy of her mother, whom she adored, of being an actress. I have read many books…
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The hacking was brutal By darkness of night, they acted alone To fell To cut To wound Cutting deep Cutting through Exposing the raw, pure flesh of the core A spectacle A ridicule A supposed triumph At your expense And yet You Stood You Stayed You knew What was true and that was deeper Than…
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It changed my entire life when I was able to stand back, to stand in some safe distance from damaging relationships and realise what the patterns were of them. Even now, I have to remember what I know , and remember that I have power because I know, and so, I am writing this for…
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I sometimes, no, often, get myself into a spin. It happens, that when something is challenging, difficult and messy (mild words for ‘WTF is going on?’) I write. I write for myself, with words you will never see. I write for myself – and they end up in the draft pile I write for myself,…
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Awakening: Comes, from Breakening, Surrendering, Feeling, Shouting, Raging, Crying, Shaking, Hurting, Fearing, Swearing, Grieving , Hurting, Confusing, Darkening, Spiralling, down down down…. further, down… Until: Then…waiting… Silencing, Listening, Remembering, Resetting, Knowing , Singing, Sparking, Firing, Loving, Healing, Soothing, Realising, Changing, Self respecting, Self loving, Warm compassion wins again. Gently, All over again. Recovering, Forgiving, Loving,…
James Ballantyne 