STORIES — LIVING MEDICINE: Stories are living medicine that reach the core of our being before we have time to think. Then, it seeps into the atomic layers of our being where it has the chance to speak to the heartbeat of our soul.
After 20 years of teaching adult students Cross-Cultural Communication and Introspective Communication, I believe stories are their own kind of magic that can help us to think higher and to live deeper into the gift of what we have right now — peace, chaos, or something in-between.
Furthermore, besides stories, I believe that poetry is the greatest tool for introspective insight, especially within today’s world where everything is prepacked into filters of modified reality. More than poetry, sijo poetry from South Korea and haiku poetry from Japan help us to see an old world through renewed eyes. The syllabic verse rhythm that these two styles of poetry create help us to embrace a new perspective. A perspective that helps us to dial more into life, the beauty of what is when we — just sit. In my home country of South Africa, we call these moments ‘saligheid.’ It literally translates to ‘holy moments of awareness,’ moments that are unedited in their power to speak to the core of our being.
All my writing follows in the philosophy that we mature not by age but by stories. My writing style includes exploring places in the world that are unique in their ability to help us to better understand ourselves through their distinctive attributes. Right now, my writing focuses on South Korea, South Africa, and Japan.
My work showcases culture from a perspective that celebrates history, food, culture, and beautiful words or expressions that can enhance the quality of any life through their ability to help us to become better individuals. All my books are researched to fulfill specific social needs through their ability to use storytelling to be its own kind of medicine, a pathway directly to our hearts. Therein resides my greatest joy as a reader, author, and retired educator of human communication.
Thank you for your visit, and come join the journey…
H.L. Balcomb
(Former educator, currently a translator of culture, and forever a lover of literature…)
Sincerely,
H.L. Balcomb
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