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  • The Drawbacks of Goodness and Gratitude

    As you may already know, I walk a spiritual path, or try to. I long ago became realistic about being spirit in the human world, and don’t try for the flowing robes and carefree hair, barefoot in the grass, type approach. I’m not cynical, it just doesn’t work for me. There’s too much damned realityContinue…

  • Humanity Plus Authenticity

    What quality do you value most in a friend? I’ve watched the Philip Schofield situation unfold with horror this week. So many accusations, no supporting evidence that he did anything more than have an adult to adult affair. Caught in the fallout from his brother’s crimes. And what happens? His so called friends run toContinue…

  • The Emmett Technique

    As I’m sitting here in the sun waiting for my husband to finish his Emmett treatment, I fold that I didn’t feel like playing solitaire on my phone. What should I do? I asked myself. Then I thought ‘why not a blog on Emmetts, after all you are supposed to be here to help.’ NothingContinue…

  • Marketing Plan?

    I just discovered this poem that I clearly wrote about my work at a time when someone somewhere was trying to persuade me to join a marketing bandwagon and turn my clients into profit. Yes I know it’s sensible, no I can’t think that way, first and foremost people matter. I hold my beliefs inContinue…

  • Too Many Lonely Coffees

    I’ve sat in many coffee shops nursing cups of coffee Watching people interacting in an ordinary way My loneliness is crippling but no one gives a toffee Somehow they know (how could they know?) That I was born this way Fate played an icy game when I came into this world Setting fingers of indifferenceContinue…

  • Dancing Star

    I became known as Deb Dancing Star due to my love of a saying by Nietzsche: “One must have chaos in oneselfin order to give birth to a dancing star.” I don’t entirely agree with that quotation now, but I still treasure it as one of the sayings that changed my life. In my spiritualContinue…

  • Why?

    Here is a waterfall. It hasn’t decided to be a waterfall. The water was there, the drop was there, the water found its way there and then the only option was to flow downwards. Gravity is in charge. When you want to make changes in your life you should stop and work out why youContinue…

  • Self-ish

    It’s unfashionable to be selfish Unnatural not to care more for others than yourself But you have needs and wishes that aren’t compatible with mine Which means that either I care more for you than me And you care more for me than you Or you can’t be who you are And I can’t beContinue…

  • Things I Thought I Needed

    When I was young I felt like no one and nothing. I’d dreamed of going to university, flying the nest, travelling the world, and having a great career as an interpreter in foreign climes. Instead my parents took me out of school aged 16 because I had one bad year where school was boring andContinue…

  • Youth is Wasted on the Young

    Like most young people I never thought I would ever utter such sacrilegious words. Now I’m finally young I understand how true they are. I’m 65 years young, and next month I become a state pensioner, don’t ask me how that happened. It follows a prediction of my mother’s: one moment you’ll be 21 andContinue…

  • Communication

    I can send out my thoughts and touch a smile I can send out my heart and find emotion I can love over miles across continents I don’t need faces to recall or voices to remember I only need to know Where you are Who you are That you are Deb Hawken 20th Century

  • Simply Colour

    I was talking about my work on social media this morning and mentioned how I had lost my enthusiasm for what I do, due to finding it very difficult to describe the way I work with people. As with all things, the moment you put a problem into words a solution jumps out and smacksContinue…

  • My Saving Grace

    Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. If you’d told my grandmother that one day someone would write about her, she wouldn’t have believed you. If you’d told her that it would be on a phone with the power of a computer that she hasn’t even heard of, sheContinue…

  • All the Dreams We Cannot Have

    You dreamed and you forgot Or someone told you You couldn’t have it So you didn’t You came to this world Innocent and full of hope Which you lost Because someone else Had already lost their hope People talk life down This and that and all the other can’t happen It’s not possible Only theContinue…

  • All the Love We Cannot Be

    All the love I’ve ever had Has turned bad From the cradle until one single moment Until that moment Rather than a flame to attract I wasn’t even a spark of light Not even a candle extinguished by the wind Where was my right to love and be loved? I dreamed and I hoped IContinue…

  • All the Light We Cannot See

    Some years ago I suddenly found myself penning a poem called ‘All the Stars We Cannot See’. My true writing is like this, it just appears in my mind and demands my attention until I sit down with a pen and translate that feeling onto paper. A lot of writers work in this way. ManyContinue…

  • S*d’s Law!

    This is a long-story-short/warning post. You know how you’re never going to get caught by scammers? Too wise for that, etc.? On Thursday of last week (early May 23) I did get caught in a perfect storm. A group of scammers have been targeting our area with calls saying they can reduce your mobile phoneContinue…

  • In Sedona

    In Sedona Where things are not as they have always been And your new start is fresh and clear Of everything that was Creating what will be from the unique The different The original This has been a pure time for you Linked to nothing and separate from everything You make your promise to yourContinue…

  • Duck and Run

    Do you care for me? I mean me Not some figment of your mind A construction of your need Me As I am A human person With the right to be as human As everyone else With foibles And unwise wording And differing beliefs Am I okay as I am Or only when I’m agreeing?Continue…

  • Be

    Just be That’s all you need To be There is no other ingredient No other need There is nothing else I be I’ve often found it hard To be Because other people knew How to be me Better than me But When I learned that they Weren’t me Then I knew that I could FindContinue…

  • Angel’s Wings

    You couldn’t see her wings Except in the smiles of those who knew her. She didn’t fly or shed feathers But she healed those who knew how to see. She wasn’t eight feet tall, or a being of light Yet she pushed back the darkness with her love. She wasn’t Angelic; in fact she wasContinue…

  • A Moment

    You gave me a glance of things I had dreamed, things written in books but not, I thought, seen. You showed me a world where romance can rule, You gave me a taste, a teaser, that’s all. And now I’m alone with a dream I’ve just touched, Never quite real yet needed so much. ThankContinue…

  • Behind Belief

    “The way he thought about it was this: his colleagues were excellent at reading the time on the clock face, but it often seemed to surprise them to discover there were cogs behind it that made the hands turn.”Alex North: The Half Burnt House This tickled me pink when I read it, written as itContinue…

  • Coronation Conniptions

    So today’s the day. Love it or hate it, the UK and Commonwealth (those nations still monarchies) are getting an official King crowned in the eyes of God. Dedicating himself to a duty that only ends with the grave. That’s a BIG commitment. Division rules This blog isn’t about royal worship, royal loathing, or evenContinue…

  • No Wise Words

    There are no wise words To heal hurt Remove pain Quash anger Or repair wounds No wisdom prevents the negative Nothing brings true understanding of the other There is only I love you I care for you You matter to me You are valuable to me The world is a better place with you inContinue…

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  • Circa 2046

    The land is dry River beds are dust Scorpions walk through what were once meadows The sun parches the land And all is barren We few who survive Have cried copiously over the mistakes of the past The life of our planet has evaporated And the seas have turned to salt It is so hotContinue…

  • Pre-Determined?

    This post follows on from the one on Determinism last week. I found myself mulling over the idea at the weekend and the oddest thought came to me. Even before I married my ex the only eventual choice would be to divorce him. There were no other options. This got me thinking about gut instinct,Continue…

  • For a Daughter’s mum and for Herself

    She was meThat’s how it wasI am herAnd that’s how it isMother and daughterDaughter and motherFriends first and foremostNever to be separatedWhen she left I leftBut I stayedAnd I know that she would want meTo be happy in this life“No matter” she would say“No matter what”She too lost peopleBut she never lost herselfAs I willContinue…

  • I Thought

    I thought that when you passed away And slipped into the light, That I would no more know the day And you no more the night. And yet I find when all is done You and I are always one. Never more just I and me Always, ever, only, we. When in the old familiarContinue…

  • Determinism

    “Determinism is a philosophical view, where all events are determined completely by previously existing causes. Deterministic theories throughout the history of philosophy have developed from diverse and sometimes overlapping motives and considerations.”  Wikipedia I have heard of this before but this blog was triggered by a novel I’m reading by Alex North – The Half Burnt House. Going withContinue…

  • All About You

    I find it fascinating how often humans think that what goes on around them has nothing to do with them. What they feel is the fault of someone else. That if they don’t like someone that person is to blame. Whereas our entire lives are a result of what’s inside us. Obviously we can blameContinue…

  • Hope

    Parchment laid in the pouring rain Turns to mush in a sea of mud Bread cast upon the waters Returns as useless slush But hope eternal Loves eternal Deb Hawken Goodness knows how long ago!

  • Thinking

    For a long time I shared a lot of my thinking on Facebook, then one day I found myself severely restricted for a post on world peace and respect. I could see the single line their system would have picked on, but I could not make them see that the line drew a comparison betweenContinue…

  • Act One – Scene One

    The curtains rise And then they fall This is my life – my one and all I know I’m watched I hear my name They shout “encore” And sometimes “shame” I tread these boards and utter words I hear the echo Am I heard? I throw my voice I know my lines My words theContinue…

  • D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

    I’d learned a lot about spiritual thinking for years before my divorce from my first husband, but reflecting on this question I realised that this decision represented far more than I thought it did. Not just the break-up of a marriage, that resulted in the break-up of an entire family, but the moment I choseContinue…

  • Seeking Nothing

    As I sitstaring into the space where nothing isI ask myself “what am I seeking?”silence repliesI waitthinking the world will turnand in turningthe answer will appearand the space will be filledThere is nothingan immense field ofjust nothingA voice speaks“If you don’t know what you wanthow then can it be provided?They also wait that only sitContinue…

  • Just for Today

    Just for today understand That we in the Spirit World know what you’re going through Know the problems that you are facing We could not Guide and support you if we had not lived there If we had not suffered from the slavery of emotions Struggled with the problems of anger and envy Jealousy andContinue…

  • Born Under a Navy Sky

    I’m fascinated by the stars And how they shine out of the darkness When the sky is inky blue I feel reborn Ready to take on the world A light sky doesn’t empower me But a night sky tells me That I will begin anew And the stars will give me energy I can alwaysContinue…

  • Soul Mates

    When we talk about a soul mate relationship it’s often associated with romance, the love of your life, but in truth there is more than one kind of soul mate. This bunny is BellaKim Bunny. She was made by my oldest friend. We met at school on 1st June 1970 and we’ve been friends everContinue…

  • Blah

    This is me right now. I’ve delved into my poetry, selected a couple of the older pieces of work, tweaked them, and now I want to write something inspiring and fascinating, dynamic and motivational. Except I have no ideas, am bored witless, would need the Chippendales and a magnifying glass to become even mildly interested,Continue…

  • Definition

    A person who a hundred wondrous words Can throw onto a page with careless ease. Can make a poem of a hornet’s nest, And literary magic of dis-ease. A writer who has phrases born aplenty, Rattling round a mind that needs to write, Discerning threads of life’s rich golden tapestry, And reasoning that darkest blackContinue…

  • Music Box

    Twisting, turning, have you seen her Tiny perfect ballerina? A fantasy of style and grace Effortless within her space Oh how I want to be like her My limbs co-ordinate, concur Admired for my classic stance Moving in a simple dance Or is her truth right there to see A dreamer who is trapped? LikeContinue…

  • Being Less Human

    Describe one positive change you have made in your life. That image was taken in Matlock about 3 weeks ago. It’s relevant because I’m in the camp of finding nature magical, and it also represents (somehow) that human and spirit are one, and both immensely practical. The Shift Most people find their spiritual path orContinue…

  • The Eyes of the Judges

    Ten times ten And ten times one thousand Everyone watching everything – everywhere Nothing and no one escapes those looks Seeing – knowing – judging Glowing with their superiority Their eternal rightness of being While the watched struggle and strive Just to stay sane and alive With no time for perfection Or to wallow inContinue…

  • Tact and Impotency

    Tactfully I don’t say what I’m thinking What would be the point? I’ve tried and tried until I’m tired You have your own views And anything I could contribute Would come from my reality My experience My raison d’etre And I can’t give you the will or desire That would fire you with the enthusiasmContinue…

  • Twinkle

    I plucked a star from the sky and asked it “Why do you twinkle?” The star said “It’s in my nature to do so” I asked how it twinkled It replied that it was also in its nature to twinkle to shine was natural it didn’t question why It asked me “Why don’t you twinkle?”Continue…

  • I move on

    What book could you read over and over again? Oddly, for an avid reader I can’t think of one book I would read again. I tend to be a person who moves forward in life seeking the new. Where I am repetitive is with authors, from inspiration through self help, to thriller and romance, IContinue…

  • I may need to be a multiple personality

    If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? My first thought here was Dwayne the Rock Johnson from any of his films, because that’s the great body taken care of. Then Spock in Star Trek because he’s very calm, plus Picard because people listen to him. I’dContinue…

  • When Time is Sweet

    When time is sweet Like grapes on the vines Smiles and experiences grow together And make vintage memories To carry you through sour times So when life is not hard When you’re able to enjoy yourself Future proof By making as many good memories as you can And you may discover That you have moreContinue…

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