Tag: #hope

A story told, through a face etched with transmutation, speaking without words

I can tell you a story, about a young woman’s journey, using pictures in place of words, which span chapters, unwritten yet brimming with a story, telling of a 6 year progression of a journey, told through the time evidenced in alteration. The story starts in 2009, when I was first travelling around the world, … Continue reading A story told, through a face etched with transmutation, speaking without words →

Snippets of sounds and images to uplift

▶️ Watch this reel https://www.facebook.com/reel/1048125666390547?fs=e&mibextid=UalRPS&fs=e&s=aEkTS0 These are a few reels I made for my linked Facebook page for Mind in Motion, if you need a quick dose of an uplift, you may enjoy ❤️ Freedom

Don’t look for light in the …

Don’t look for light in the world of darkness,Instead be your own guiding light. Dr.Sonika Revankar Don’t look for light in the … I stumbled upon this fellow blogger’s post, and resonated with it deeply. It’s helped me remember this important truth. It’s one which we should never let go of. Appreciations go to the … Continue reading Don’t look for light in the … →

Here are some happy images and a link to connect to Mind in Motion’s Facebook page, too 🌈

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/61554668001349/posts/pfbid02HqB3rvtWNbszvJE9pRqtT3C8rkjz3qSZkwyCJyY1y8VvQ43eiMiLeDjGT4ZuonCZl/?d=n&mibextid=WC7FNe

To be ‘different’ is not a ‘burden’

I was inspired to write this after stumbling upon a post which caught my attention from another page, a facebook page called Just Me’s Mental Health. Link to this page: (https://www.facebook.com/justmementalhealth) It was a post with this image: Credit to Just Me’s Mental Health Facebook post I unreservedly gave the post a ‘like’, and felt … Continue reading To be ‘different’ is not a ‘burden’ →

When memories whisper consolation to you…

Where do I turn? When memories come back to you, like a guiding flashlight, rejoice in the guidance they can offer you, through remembering a distant time ago, before your sense of direction became scrambled by adversity. Back in 2018 I sat out at dusk, upon my mother’s patio, hidden within the trees, and those … Continue reading When memories whisper consolation to you… →

Need a helping hand? Perhaps a reminder that you can overpower anguish, whatever you’ve been through?

▶️ Watch this reel https://fb.watch/oXh7aqjc5v/?mibextid=UalRPS&fs=e&s=aEkTS0 Music is an incredible medicine, not only the beat and melodies alone, but the poignant lyrics, which can validate your experiences and emotions, almost like a hand to hold in the form of relatable sound waves. Remember that you are not alone, and you can free yourself too "Dance, when … Continue reading Need a helping hand? Perhaps a reminder that you can overpower anguish, whatever you’ve been through? →

‘Terrorism’ and the epic waste

I am sick of ‘Terrorism’. Terrorism being an essentially contested concept, as with all the ‘isms’ of the human and cultural eras, political contexts… Terrorism and the epic waste Above is a link and this is yet another re-blog of mine, I wrote this original post about six years ago. I believe it is relevant … Continue reading ‘Terrorism’ and the epic waste →

Salvaging the sails

This is another re-blog of a post I wrote on my old blog, and for fear of repeating myself about certain topics I’ve had experiences with in life, I decided that actually, it serves as a reminder that recovery truly is a journey that takes time over many years, usually. This is not a bad … Continue reading Salvaging the sails →

Liberate thyself

My story of survival to revival. How I liberated myself from hell, broke free from the chains of an abusive relationship, found courage within which I never knew I had. My message to you is that you can liberate yourself too. You’re never alone.

Time to live

Why I’m writing again, how I remembered that the ‘time to live’ (not merely exist or survive), was now. Finding freedom from adversity in life also helped me find my pen. Let’s get writing!

This year

This year has brought chaos This year has brought fractures The days have slipped through me While the minutes drag like decades This year, it writes chapters The stories are told, Speak of love Speak of loss Speak of a free will depleting Control and coercion Narcotic and intoxicating Nonsense and anger Desperate diversion An … Continue reading This year →

Time addicted

A poem I originally wrote for Recovery month of September 2023, which deserves words and celebration. I reflect on my own experiences which battered me, until I was made a warrior, strength came to me through the unlikely source of suffering and sadness, which I kept having to endure. An amusing picture pointing out a … Continue reading Time addicted →