http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns Just another Cause: You\'re Beautiful weblog Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:34:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Defiance (noun): 1. Open, bold, or hostile refusal to obey or conform 2. A daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force. 3. The act or an example of defying 4. A readiness to contend or resist. The above are some definitions of the word defiance. I was asked by Toni to focus ... http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns/2010/04/05/defiance/ Another month already. Time flickers past so quickly. What to write? What to say of my experiences this month? It has been a very challenging few weeks to say the least. I have been forced to face a lot of unpleasant memories that have shattered my fragile state of mind. ... http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns/2010/01/31/the-ghosts-that-haunt-me/ Sometimes I stare at a blank page and nothing comes to me. No words, no emotions, absolutely nothing. I am completely numb and completely lost for inspiration. Sometimes this also happens when I think about my life. It is so empty, yet filled with darkness. Light sometimes dances through, weaving ... http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns/2009/12/30/that-little-drum-beat-of-hope/ Over the last nine weeks I have finally been able to commence my clinical fieldwork as part of my university degree. In many ways I have felt happier than I have felt for such a long time, despite the immense pressure and internal hardship associated with this time. Attempting to ... http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns/2009/11/29/that-there-is-potential-in-all/ It seems forever since I wrote my first column. I feel everything, yet nothing has really changed. The on-going agony of moving through each day continues, made harder by some changes to my circumstances. Throughout life, my studies and learning have always provided me with an escape. I could run ... http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns/2009/10/30/to-run-a-marathon-with-a-ball-and-chain/ Hello… It seems very strange for me to write this column- to be honest I don’t where to begin, even what I should write. What does one write in their very first column? So I shall begin simply introducing myself. My name is Mel, but to be completely honest it means ... http://mel.causeyourebeautiful.com/reach/columns/2009/09/19/utter-treachery-in-the-disguise-of-sweet-seduction/