Last October, Ashley of Nourishing the Soul started a blog series – Self Discovery Word by Word. The intention is to engage in meaningful self- reflection by turning our focus on just one word.
If you have been following along for any length of time, you might recognize that I am a STRONG believer that words guide our actions. A word, an emotion, that I often avoid, is
ANGER
That is the word I chose for the month of May. This series has helped to bring some significant changes to my life. In fact, it was a propelling factor in starting my second blog, The Write Place to Be. Writing is healing for me and having focus brings me to face certain things in my life, that I often either tend to avoid or keep hidden from others. That can only fuel the shame and rejection of who I truly am.
I encourage you to participate in this month’s topic. All you have to do, is write your own post sharing your own thoughts, experiences, or discovery that stems from the word; ANGER.
Once you have written your post, come back here, post a comment letting me know the link, or you can email me the link to your post jules@biggirlbombshell and let me know where I can find you. If you don’t have a blog, you can participate by sending me a paragraph or two on the subject.
I will post all the participants links on Sunday, May 22nd. That’s it.
Are you daring enough to look inside yourself AND share and inspire others with your own discoveries from the word anger? Can’t wait to hear YOUR thoughts!
I’ve put my soul…in essence, in my poetry book, Sanctuary of the Soul
I am humbled by my endorsements: Elie Wiesel, Wayne Dyer, Nikki Giovanni, Drs. Alice Miller, Larry Dossey, etc.
Hmmmm, anger?
How about anger after 36 years of being married to an abuser (now divorced)…..still working on it. Oh, and anger…a church who voted me out of membership, with my name up on a big screen, followed by the words, “Conduct Unbecoming a Child of God.” http://www.churchabusepoetrytherapy.com….I have managed to make something positive come from the “ashes” of my life. Hope you write to me!
I am a freshman at age 64, because of what I wrote about my life…a childhood of abuse, molestation, poverty, but I overcame it….joined the army.
Kind Regards, Alice (overcomer and wounded healer)
P.S. I believe we are here to make a difference, and I am the moderator of an abused survivors’ group (talk about anger?!)…..I am determined to appear on national tv to talk about emotional abuse; it is rarely recognized nor understood (now THERE is anger from an abuser)……it is usually the precursor to physical violence (anger)…….stats. 1 in 3 women abused and every 9 seconds a woman is assaulted….these are GLOBAL statistics.
P.S. http://www.soulpoetry.org is my site for my book, Sanctuary of the Soul
Count me in – and my post is up! The Use and Misuse of Anger
I participated in April’s Word-by-Word and it was an amazing experience. I’m in!
Count me in! I have plenty to say on the subject these days, haha.