Journey
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I was going to write But then I realised It was more important to be Because sometimes trying to write Takes me out of being me. And on this first day of the year I realised That me in my being Is where I needed to be Dwelling inside Sensing and breathing Wonder and glow…
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An empty pageDay 364One more of 2024 to goAn opportunity to writeOne more blessingOne more affirmationOne more truthOne more encouragementOne more message from the universeOne more awareness of love and magicOne more moment to remember this freedomOne more occasion to make this choice The last day?Or the first new dayThe next dayTime to be Time…
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Maybe 2025 won’t be (just) Happy Maybe it will be more. Maybe 2025 will be beautiful Maybe 2025 will be full. Maybe 2025 will be joyous or Maybe 2025 is when reality bites so strong its impossible to ignore. Maybe 2025 is about revolution, and resolve, not resolution (s) Maybe 2025 is for you, and…
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I love this time of the year. Its the time of year when I wake up and drink coffee looking out of the window and see how the dark blue early morning light changes through the colours into the sunrise, admitted today it is just a grey light giving tree branches a dark effect. I…
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In amongst the usual stuff I write about, I thought I would share over the next few weeks, as a review of the year, 4 of the stories, readings, poems, that struck me in the course of this year, as a little gift for you. I have read Paulo Coelhos books for well over 5…
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On two separate occasions when I was disclosing to the relevant authorities the abusive behaviour of my mother, I was asked the following question. ‘Why are you doing this now?’ It was 25 years since I had left the family home, and been a terrified abused child. Though her behaviour was still the same even…
James Ballantyne 