Courage
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Over on Substack, I have been writing a series on how I have learned to love myself over the last 6-7 years, please do subscribe to me there, as it is where I do most of my writing. The most recent one, part 7, I published is about how I noticed that a separation was…
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Im definitely not going to be the first person to give some thought to the themes in the film ‘The Truman Show’ which was released in 1997 (I think), in fact on of my best friends wrote her Masters thesis on it, linking it to the christian faith. But I think nearly 30 years later…
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My friend My glowing universe friend I cannot wrap this in cotton wool. You will never be safe Not fully, not completely It’s not how the world works Especially when you’re used to scanning for danger Waiting for something to happen Living self around the other You will never be safe Not 100% And I…
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They open up with warmth Just like you do When sunlight makes them brave Exposing their inner beauty Opening up their delicate petals Revealing. Warmth that opens. Delicately. Preciously. Raw openings Tender core Hidden behind the closed Frightened unsafe cold. Love that heals, is warm And it doesn’t need the sunlight It doesn’t need anyone…
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Brave means truth Brave means not caring but doing love anyway. Brave means inner truthfulness Brave means integrity over falsity Brave means justice over fear Brave means tell, even if no one understands or listens or wants to hear. Brave means summoning every ounce of being into being Brave means living beyond the mask Brave…
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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…
James Ballantyne 