Becoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 2 (Becoming Me. Journal Affirmations for Girls)

Excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool to use in a group setting for writing and discussion. Each entry covers a different topic and then allows space for the reader to do their own writing. Topics are particularly relevant today, such as the entry, "The Heart of a Bully." Doesn't talk down or issue simple edicts, such as "love yourself," but takes a different approach, which respects intelligence and individuality. There is an emphasis on empowerment, self-esteem and personal accountability.

The Heart of a Bully

What can be found
In the heart of a bully?
It’s not what you’d expect
Words spoken with feigned strength
In a heart that is afraid of itself
The heart of a bully
Beats in the most irregular way
Unable to cure its ills
It can only express its pain
In the most destructive ways
The heart of a bully
Points to others
So that they themselves
Might not be seen
Terrified to reveal
The ugliness of their own pain
The heart of a bully
Has not the courage
To confront the destruction within
Instead wielding their pain
To produce heartbreak in others
The heart of bully cries out
Unable to recognize
That even as it wreaks havoc
It too cries out for mercy
Too ashamed to ask for help
The heart of a bully
Boasts not strength
But the despair of utter brokenness

Please see our other titles:

Nonfiction:

Becoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 1
I am enough: Journal Affirmations for Girls
From this Day Forward:Journal Affirmations for the Bride to Be
Affirmation Poetry for Expectant Mothers
Affirmation Poetry for Health and Healing
Affirmation Poetry for Wealth and Abundance
Here and Now: Finding God in the Everyday
In the Shadows: Finding God on Our Darkest Days

Fiction:

Paradox Love
Where the Deer Dwell