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Category: Raw Truth Thought Journal

At 35 years old, it was all supposed to be complete.

A loving wife, three or four children, one adopted, a successful writing career, and financial freedom so that money anxiety wasn’t a hindrance. 

I even moved countries, just to make sure it would all come together.

There was no way I would be the single guy at the prophesied ‘adult’ social dinner. 

How did it go so wrong when I really tried to fulfil this? 

I’d had the dream since I was 10 years old!

Why didn’t I succeed?

Was my request too much?  

Raw Truth Thought Journal is about life’s challenging moments and the spontaneous perceptions that emerge in my mind.

Now that I’m in no man’s land with an expired life plan, God at the helm, and faith through Jesus as my daily guidance, might as well keep a record to see where this all goes…

Day 597 – Confront the darkness…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • June 2, 2021
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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness… Continue Reading →

Day 595 – Fear confirms the worth…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 31, 2021
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Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it… Continue Reading →

Day 593 – New Horizons…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 29, 2021
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore… Continue Reading →

Day 591 – The Virtue of Courage…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 27, 2021
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Courage is an important virtue because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently… Continue Reading →

Day 589 – Courage counts…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 25, 2021
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Continue Reading →

Day 587 – Upholding convictions…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 23, 2021
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends… Continue Reading →

Day 585 – Deeply loved…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 21, 2021
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Continue Reading →

Day 583 – You’re not alone…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 19, 2021
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One of the most important affirmations is to let others know they’re not alone. Continue Reading →

Day 581 – Give and receive…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 17, 2021
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We can only know what we give. We can’t know for certain how it will be received.
Continue Reading →

Day 579 – Love and charity…

  • By Stephen Leslie France
  • May 15, 2021
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Love only matures by sharing. You can only increase in love by growing in charity. Continue Reading →

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A strong ambition about life, a wholesome desire for family, a great vow undertaken, and powerful disappointment received.... Submission. No more selfish ambition nor vain conceit. A path I NEVER thought I would take; surrender to and through Jesus; not my will but yours be done. Life has not been the same since...




For those enjoying my writing…

As you can imagine, the excessively saturated self-publishing industry isn’t exactly lucrative.

The books I’m writing are not only supposed to be interesting and entertaining for you, they’ve been put on my heart as a mission to be vulnerable and transparent about the harder, painful and sometimes humiliating lessons of life.

It takes approximately 4 – 6 months of full-time investment to write a novel of which there is no salary.

If you enjoyed The Paradise Induction and are eager to aid me in completing the sequel The Paradise Seduction, please donate below.

Every little helps…

The Paradise Seduction will be an episodic adventure, fictionally retelling the true story of my time living in the Caribbean, following the cliff-hanger of The Paradise Induction.




Top 10 Favourite Bible Books

  1. Job
  2. Ecclesiastes
  3. Proverbs 
  4. Hosea 
  5. John’s Letter 
  6. James 
  7. Peter 
  8. Gospel of Matthew 
  9. Genesis 
  10. Gospel of John

Top 10 Favourite Movies

  1. The Shawshank Redemption 1994
  2. The Green Mile 1999
  3. American History X 1998
  4. The Dark Knight 2008
  5. The Matrix 1999
  6. Hook 1991
  7. Gladiator 2000
  8. Donnie Darko 2001
  9. Les Misérables 2013
  10. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1991

For those enjoying my writing…

As you can imagine, the excessively saturated self-publishing industry isn’t exactly lucrative.

The books I’m writing are not only supposed to be interesting and entertaining for you, they’ve been put on my heart as a mission to be vulnerable and transparent about the harder, painful and sometimes humiliating lessons of life.

It takes approximately 4 – 6 months of full-time investment to write a novel of which there is no salary.

If you enjoyed The Paradise Induction and are eager to aid me in completing the sequel The Paradise Seduction, please donate below.

Every little helps…

The Paradise Seduction will be an episodic adventure, fictionally retelling the true story of my time living in the Caribbean, following the cliff-hanger of The Paradise Induction.



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