Include All of Yourself and Choose to Go First.
There is a risk to going first... Some people might judge you in just the ways you think they’re going to, and you might actually lose friends.
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Libby Maxey
To the Little Crazy Freak in Me… and You.
Let her have space, this crazy little freak, let her light and her awkwardness get to the surface of your being, by letting go of what you’ve learnt.
You Can Create What You Want.
Even though I knew I needed to take action to create what I wanted, I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t even hide my resistance.
My Child, You Are a Miracle.
It is a miracle you are brave enough to be this vulnerable. Every day you step into that classroom and emerge anew is evidence of a miracle.
Thank You, Chris Cornell: Death by Default in Detroit.
I can't just sit here and not say anything because 'sobriety' is a big deal to some people and a life or death matter to all of us addicts.
Why I Didn’t Report: Become Your Story’s Steward Rather Than Its Hostage.
Survivors witness and feel beneath the story... Fragmented, often locked away in an unconscious vault; we banish pain in order to survive it.
Sung Home: Chapter Four. {fiction}
Bombed, burnt and weather-battered homes lined the streets, the smoky tang sometimes punctuated by the smell of long rotted flesh.
In the Wilderness. {poetry}
I felt like a hooded child
in the wilderness
who’d thought she could entreat wolves
I have never forgotten this
little as it was:
the shame...
This Is My Declaration of Emotional Independence.
My inner world is a sacred ground where my creative spirit is tending to novel ideas and works of art in their infancy...not a place for emotional toxicity.
Is It Worth Defending Your Rightness at the Expense of Owning Your Power?
Do you create a reality of peace, or do you stay in victimhood because you’re 'right'? No one has power over you unless you give it to them.