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Category: Judy Croome

Even though he’d been born into a country unshackling itself from its colonial masters, even though he’d lived through nearly twenty years of freedom, nothing much changed for you when you were poor.

freedom, poverty

Writing is like bungee jumping for the soul…you take a deep breath, plunge into the abyss and hope the rope tethering you to the real world doesn’t snap.

writing, writing-process

No, Zahra, dear, no! Gentleness isn’t weakness.’ Her hand, suspended in midair, trembled with emptiness and fell to her side. ‘How easy it is to be bitter or angry; that’s when you’re at your weakest! But when you choose to be kind, to forget your hurt, that’s when you find within the greatest strength of all.’ She smiled, oh, a smile of such ancient wisdom, her face shone with love. She waited, but when I wouldn’t smile back, she walked past me.

gentleness, kindness, strength

I started writing to make sense of the world that exists inside my heart

judy-croome, writing

No, Zahra, dear, no! Gentleness isn’t weakness.’ Her hand, suspended in midair, trembled with emptiness and fell to her side. ‘How easy it is to be bitter or angry; that’s when you’re at your weakest! But when you choose to be kind, to forget your hurt, that’s when you find within the greatest strength of all.’ She smiled, oh, a smile of such ancient wisdom, her face shone with love. She waited, but when I wouldn’t smile back, she walked past me.

gentleness, kindness, strength

I started writing to make sense of the world that exists inside my heart

judy-croome, writing