Category: Mental wellness
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What are your favourite emojis?
daily-prompt 🕊The dove, you can barely see it here 😀 🥰 Smiling face with hearts 😍Smiling face with heart eyes 😊Smiling face with smiling eyes 🤗 Hugging 🤩Star struck 🤔Thinking 🙄Eyes rolling 😫Tired face 😌Relieved 🤐Zipper mouth, for me, this is “no comments.” 😁 Can’t get enough… beaming! 😂Tears of joy 😋Yummy! 😔I am sorry… Read more
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The Courage to Love: A Path Toward Healing
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.— 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV We think hate will rid us of what we fear, but it only deepens the wound.— Brad Reedy. Hate doesn’t just appear; it grows, slowly and quietly, built from moments… Read more
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Stricken Souls- Repost
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Dear Reader: Why I’m Reposting This Poem I first shared this poem on my blog on February 20, 2025, though its roots stretch back even further. It was written in a season of quiet reflection, then gently reviewed and refined over time. I never imagined how eerily prophetic it would feel today. The lines of… Read more
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September
A Month to Remember Just thinking…🤔 Why do people say that September is a month to remember, when I wonder what about November and December, which both have the ’ember’? And what about October? I guess even without the “-ember,” October glows with its own kind of fire. More on October later. This September carries… Read more
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Extracts From Writing Class: Jobless
This mini-memoir is written in free verse, drawing from entries in my journal that I’ve shaped through creative writing. I am working on a collection of vignettes to be published on Amazon. Cheer me on! 😉 This piece is still being edited… Posing in my Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Jobless – Chapter One By JJ… Read more
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The Any Day Journal-12 Reflections
Reflections from a 2015 Journal Dear Reader: Rediscovering old writings feels like opening a time capsule, revealing a version of myself I had almost forgotten. In the pages of a 2015 journal, I found a collection of prose: thoughts on love, thinking, indecision, and life, capturing the emotions and questions of that time. Reading them now,… Read more
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De-fogging – An Encouragement
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“Keep pushing forward, even when the path is uncertain, for greatness awaits those who persist.” – Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (1957) Faith in the Clearing When life feels clouded and sorrow, confusion, or weariness settle like fog over your spirit, remember this: God is not absent in the mist.… Read more
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Yearning- A Poem of The Soul
An extract from my old journal-Mathematics of Pain This poem explores the profound, often overwhelming emotions of longing and desire. It captures the essence of deeply missing someone or something, delving into the intense feelings that accompany the yearning in a life lost. Through simple repetition, rhyme, and heartfelt words, this piece seeks to resonate… Read more
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Mathematics of Pain
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(From my old journal-A moment of depression isn’t easy, it’s a heavy experience, one that reveals life’s bitter, sour, and sweet sides all at once.) Writing therapy offers a gentle way to recover from mental stress or depression by giving your inner world a safe place to breathe. When you put your thoughts on paper,… Read more
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Snowy Moments – A Train Ride to the West Coast
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Writing Prompts As the train glides smoothly over snow-covered tracks, the world outside transforms into a serene landscape of sparkling white. Inside the warm carriage, you settle by the window with a journal in hand, ready to let your thoughts flow. The gentle motion of the train and the mesmerizing view of snow-laden trees and… Read more
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