Sandy Duarte: A 10-Minute Ritual That Can Anchor Your Power
Sandy Duarte, Author of Cancer Ramblings and Executive Producer of Anachronistic Pictures, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Flash Sentences: The Daily Practice That Can Change Everything
Dear Friends,
This week, I want to share something personal — and profoundly simple — that carried me through the most uncertain of times.
Flash Sentences. Not poems. Not polished journal entries. Just raw, rapid-fire affirmations that I let spill from me, especially when I was deep in chemo, behind hospital walls, unsure of what would come next.
It’s a practice I now call a raft of words — because sometimes, that’s exactly what we need: Something to keep us afloat.
In my book Cancer Ramblings, there’s a passage that came from one of those exact moments, Rambling 32 — no editing, no censoring, just me writing to me:
“We are here, you and me. You’re reading these words, you can see. You’re alive, and so am I. Feel your aliveness now. Breathe, then breathe again, go for three feelingly. What sounds are you hearing now? Can you feel your heart pounding? Where are you now? I rambled this page in the four, behind my hospital walls. Be strong. Don’t fear a thing, you are stronger than fear makes you believe.”
That’s the medicine. The page. The permission to meet yourself exactly where you are — and rise.
Try this: For 10 minutes today, write flash sentences. Free-flow affirmations. Truths that feel good in your body. Don’t judge them. Don’t worry about making sense. Just let your inner voice speak. Then keep them. Read them back. Let them become the friend that talks you back into your light when fear gets loud.
I promise — it’s more than a practice. It’s a path back to peace.”
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