Photo by Dio Hasbi Saniskoro on Pexels.com We need to move to a place where we automatically offer respect, understanding, tolerance, and kindness, until someone else convinces us we’re wasting a lot of good energy on them. Then we don’t change, we simply move on. It is not a big ask in this world toContinueContinue reading “Respect should be automatic”
Category Archives: Mental health
Voyage
Photo by Jessica Lewis Creative on Pexels.com Sometimes you can journey far and wide, only to discover that you were in the perfect place before you left. We humans reach out, reach forward, reach behind us, and in doing so we often miss what’s right there in front of us. Never forget to explore theContinueContinue reading “Voyage”
Reluctant Loner
Walking your path alone?Photo by Domen Mirtiu010d Dolenec on Pexels.com Are you a person who would love to have a huge group of friends, but doesn’t? You’d like to love partying but hide in a corner? You develop an unexpected headache when you’re invited out in a group, but you appreciate the invites, want newContinueContinue reading “Reluctant Loner”
Nothing
What do you listen to while you work? So appropriate I used to love music and love dancing, the trouble was I always had to listen while the people I lived with were out, and dance alone. That kind of kills something in you over time. In common with all parents mine didn’t like myContinueContinue reading “Nothing”
Balance
Photo by Shiva Smyth on Pexels.com Balance in all things is desirable “All work no play makes Jack a dull boy” It doesn’t do Jacqueline much good either On the fun front Life is a series of trade offs And happiness can be part of the trade But it may clash with the needs OfContinueContinue reading “Balance”
One-self
Photo by Stefan Stefancik on Pexels.com I was raised to be a good person, that meant that I had to be polite, respectful, tolerant, and kind always. I actually have no problem with those things, as most of us don’t, yet they can still be a problem because they can lead to us putting upContinueContinue reading “One-self”
How to Freak Out a Counsellor
Sometimes you just have to define yourself Many years ago I was sent to a counsellor by my GP as he was nearly as worried about my state of mind as I was. The guy turned out to be a Community Psychiatric Nurse, which made me even more worried as it sounded rather more dramatic,ContinueContinue reading “How to Freak Out a Counsellor”
It is My Life
How important is spirituality in your life? Nature is spiritual Spirituality saved my sanity if not my life. Had I not had a mentor who saw the world in a different way I would never have found the path to recovery and the way to my true self. I wasn’t raised in an emotionally healthyContinueContinue reading “It is My Life”
It’s a Punch
Acknowledging that men go through this tooPhoto by NEOSiAM 2021 on Pexels.com You think of it as words But it’s a punch A blow to the gut A wound to the psyche A thrust to the heart Have confidence you say I did before all the punches You wouldn’t expect someone To pole vault withContinueContinue reading “It’s a Punch”
Wrinkles
Photo by Nashua Volquez-Young on Pexels.com These fingers have bent a million times And this face has creased into thousands of expressions The lines around my eyes arose from Crying at sadness Laughing with joy Wincing at the unkindness of the world And squinting through headaches and bright sunshine This saggy chin has dipped downContinueContinue reading “Wrinkles”
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