LISA JENKINS

Like the branch that had been ripped away too soon

Thrown out with the storm of life

My roots were lost to the wind the day you left

I tried to bury the essence deep

Never forgetting, keeping your image burned on the inside of my eyelids

Like a scar I never wanted to be...

I always knew I had them in me

The words

They would tumble through my mind

With a force, an insistence that I let them out.

And yet, I kept them hidden

Fear that they would mean nothing, ill chosen

Inarticulate

My fear kept me silent.

Until the fear became my inarticulation

An...

Twitter Silence – Silence on Twitter. How would I cope? I mean it was for a good cause right? In my mind it WAS the same as walking away from the trolls. You remove yourself, therefore removing their incentive to troll. They would have nothing to instigate their vile...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN TINY BUDDHA - September 2012

http://tinybuddha.com/blog/getting-back-your-belief-in-yourself/

“When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find ways to do it.” ~Dr. David Schwartz

Fifteen months ago I was in a...

“This is the court of hops....and hops must be obeyed”

It’s funny, I had forgotten that phrase until a friend reminded me of it recently, and then slowly, but surely, my blood started to turn cold....

A couple of days ago I joined an old school group; I was resistant...

This has been rolling around in my head for some time! Inspired by many things.

Lady Adventurer's #LovingLondon series - http://ladyadventurer.co.uk/page/1?c=48  - The Olympics, The Paralympics, Occupy Movement, our shite government, The Pussy Riot Case. And most of...

Much has been spoken and written about 50 Shades of Grey. How it is saving marriages all over the world and liberating women everywhere. What worries me is that people actually believe this twaddle.

I am writing this after only one hour’s sleep and after seeing the...

I’m not being facetious when I say that it’s not good to be overweight. According to a recent survey, obesity rates have quadrupled in the past twenty-five years. Nearly a quarter of adults and one-in-seven children are now estimated to be clinically obese making Brit...

John Amaechi OBE is a retired American-born British basketball player who currently works as a psychologist, educator and political activist in Europe and the United States.

Amaechi now has a portfolio career as a broadcaster, consultant and academic, w...