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Writing it out

Snowdrops

by Jan on February 25, 2010

Like me, like you Snowdrops Find themselves stuck in hard places. Hostile places. Like me, like you They have an instinct to grow And so they push against the frozen soil And finally, unseen, pop out Into the sunshine. Whereupon Like me, like you They are snowed on, iced over, pelted with hailstones, Stung by [...]

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What is your pen?

by Jan on February 15, 2010

What is your pen? Your pen is not a magic wand. Your pen is a conduit An agent of change A baton To mark the time of your life A sable brush With which you’ll colour in The future.

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The gift, or what does your journal mean to you?

by Jan on February 1, 2010

What does your journal mean to you? Mine is my intimate, it never gets bored with me. It is silent, yet it reflects back who I am, my growth, the crystalisation of my understanding and the journey of my life. It politely highlights anomalies in my thinking, allows me to change my mind, and reminds me that [...]

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Writing to learn, and writing to understand what the learning is

by Jan on November 25, 2009

I’d like to share a story with you. It starts kind of sad, but the ending is very joyful, very jubilant: In 1995, I bought a beautiful plain notebook with a specific intention. I’d always been a note-taker, a list-maker, but this was quite different. This journal was to be my companion as I sat [...]

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Pen and paper – my superheroes

by Jan on October 30, 2009

Don’t you just hate that anxiety you get when there’s chaos in your life? When you’re all churned up inside; never mind butterflies, with all that adrenalin you’ve got a flock of budgerigars in there, fluttering up a storm. And being a life coach doesn’t give me immunity. Oh no. What’s slightly uncomfortable to report [...]

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