Arranging the words from Healing Magnetic Poetry has also worked, although everybody wants to take their magnets home. Healing Cards can also be very helpful. We did a workshop at the women’s jail and the Healing Cards were very popular. Women chose cards about issues that were important to them and then wrote down the words of wisdom associated with that card.
A blank journal page is intimidating to some women. Using a symbolic system, or choosing a healing card gives women a chance to check in with how she is feeling before having to write about it.
The part of my body I love most today is…
If I didn’t spend my money on drugs, I would buy…
The best thing I did today was…
If I were to leave one thing behind today, it would be…
If I had a dream, it would…
I like me. I just don’t like what I am doing.
You have about 50,000 thoughts a day. What are yours saying?
You have got to try to find things to replace the bad habits.
Guys know how to get girls to work for them. They are subtle.
I didn’t grow up thinking I was going to be a hooker.
Drugs are a phase for most people.
If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
“A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“The best thing to be without…jealousy…The worst thing to be without…hope.”
“When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor are hungry,
they call me a communist.” (Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil)