This is something I wrote for myself some time ago, but I’m offering it up for anyone who is enmeshed in what is currently happening in the Middle East. In order to cope with the discomfort of listening to someone talk about something that creates stress in you, you need three things. Courage to keep …
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These are the things …
These are the things that have proved more valuable than my friendship – a washing machine and a television. These are the things that are more important than my wellbeing – what other nameless faces will say These are the things that are more valuable than the lives of countless men, women and children in …
The compassion of dreams
Fear: the master of illusion and delusion. When you turn round to face him, he dissolves in such unexpected ways. There was a hiatus in the violence – in fact it was a permanent stoppage, but I couldn’t know that at the time. I had knelt on the carpet in the front room and shouted …
Salatheel 