Soon we turn 30, and I hope this letter will help you to see how far we have come. You have just started Year 8. You turn 13 a month into this academic year. You are tall and slim and adults think you are older than you are, even though you are just a child. …
Freedom? No thanks…
“Free is terrifying after confinement” - Julia Cameron, Walking in this World Freedom - what a frightening prospect. As one who religiously writes lists and timetables her life, freedom does not sound blissful. In our Western society, many of us believe we are free - we are not shackled or imprisoned so aren’t we free? …
Delving into the Unknown
Tomorrow marks my return to work after nearly a year off. Whilst many have experienced the lack of work due to covid, my journey with it began much earlier. As the rest of the country and the world were settling into their days of being home and without work earlier this year, I was already …
Navigating the Void
A “feeling” I often encounter on this journey to myself, is the void. Although, not a ‘feeling’ in the conventional sense, the void can manifest as truly as any feeling. Maybe best described as a lack of feeling; apathy, emptiness and flatness all suitable synonyms for it. The void can start small, a little niggle …
Rejection
Rejection has been the driving force behind my choices for as long as I can remember. Of course, I wouldn’t have been aware of this three years ago as it was the silent driving force in my life. Much like the process of breathing, I would react to rejection instinctively without a thought. My modus …
Belonging
Belonging - the glue that holds us together, the sense that we are safe and held and a part of. Belonging - being possesed by someone, being the property of another. A few years ago, I would have been content with feeling a sense of belonging in either of these ways. On paper, I could …
