Without much effort, mainly because we have to, because necessity is the mother of invention, we get on and do what’s needed. Most of us only realise later what we’ve done. Maybe we never really give it a name.
Author: Steve Foster
What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?
i shouldn’t answer these but now i have seen it i want to. i like dipping my toe in the inkwell of truthI experienced this moment In a room with two men and i have never felt so safe and nurtured There was this moment where i understood it was ok to tell them anything … Continue reading What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?
Nominally Not Nurtured
Neglect takes many forms. I can look around and see worse examples of an upbringing. Always someone poorer. Always someone richer. In the same way, there are people more abused and less abused. We don't rank people. Apparently.
Hit 5,000 steps today and drop your achievement here
Oh please stop it! I know I should walk, I know it is good for me, I know I sometimes enjoy it when I do. Mostly I think of it as the most pointless thing. To be walking nowhere. Not to get somewhere or arrive anywhere, just the act of walking for the sake of … Continue reading Hit 5,000 steps today and drop your achievement here
Strong
You will not be surprised to learn that my internal monologue is relentless and quite sharp and tetchy. I come up with cutting exit lines, edit, rewind, try again.
The Politics of Hugging
Yesterday, a friend and I met with someone he knew really well, me not so much. I had met him a few times, in passing. When we arrived, he hugged my friend, long and hard.
If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be and why?
This question keeps popping up in various guises. My standard answer is to play the piano, fence, and maybe speak French fluently. Mostly because whenever I see people doing those things, they look like cool things to be able to do. As you get older, your ambitions reduce to some really basic things. There was … Continue reading If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be and why?
What is one way you have grown this year?
I kind of stopped doing these WordPress writing prompts, mainly because I started to think very often my answers were bleak. Most of my writing is around my experience of being a survivor and the process of learning about it and trying to understand it. The writing prompts feel frothy and light. I have to … Continue reading What is one way you have grown this year?
Christians aren’t perfect. They just want you to be
I should probably declare my position up front, to avoid giving the illusion that I have anything to do with organised religion. I became a born-again Christian aged 19; at least that’s what they told me.
Disturbing Calm
I am not fixed as such. I don't claim to be sorted, or that it is all over. I may never be able to utter those kinds of words. I am ok with that.