When you suffer from mental health issues you’re often treated like a pair of curtains. People try to be sympathetic, lose patience, and suggest that you try harder or pull yourself together. They may not use those words but it’s implicit in the chivvying up process. You can’t whip yourself together with one smart pull,ContinueContinue reading “The ‘sigh’ in the Room?”
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Yes and No
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? Badminton yes, otherwise no. My hubby is usually stressed by work, and works long hours. He’s also quite stressed at home because he feels constantly under pressure somewhere. As we don’t have a lot of local support we don’t have holidays or evenContinueContinue reading “Yes and No”
Me
What are your biggest challenges? As I’m the only one in my life I am by default my biggest challenge. Everything I don’t do or haven’t achieved is down to me. Everything I need to do or achieve is down to me. The best thing I’ve done recently is to turn my website into aContinueContinue reading “Me”
Happy All Year?
To me the happy new year wish is pointless for two reasons: After about a week the year isn’t new and the same old same old has reasserted its authority. Plus Happiness isn’t a self fulfilling prophecy. Well it is if you remember that you’re the self that has to fulfil it. It’s a choice.ContinueContinue reading “Happy All Year?”
The Kindness of My Youth
What makes you feel nostalgic? I’ve written before about the sense of community and connection in my youth in the late 1950’s, and the dramatic change 15 years later. I literally watched the UK become ‘I’ oriented. In the 1970s the Labour Party visited schools and told children that their parents were no longer allowedContinueContinue reading “The Kindness of My Youth”
Happiness – Snippet
People will tell you that happiness isn’t possible, don’t believe them, that will only make you miserable too. Thinking like that can lead to a long life of believing the worst, not trusting life, and sticking with all the wrong decisions because if it isn’t possible to be happy, why bother changing anything. Might asContinueContinue reading “Happiness – Snippet”
My Spiritual Ones
What relationships have a positive impact on you? I have wonderful people in my life that I love, respect, and admire. My groups work alongside me to try to learn how to be more empowered and empowering humans, in the right way, the kind way. I class them among my spiritual relationships. I also findContinueContinue reading “My Spiritual Ones”
Be
Be Be at peace Worry will change nothing Be still Until you know what to do Be silent Until you know what to say And sometimes that is nothing Be you You’re all you have Be who you are What you are And where you are Authentically If change is required Change yourself first IntoContinueContinue reading “Be”
The Weird and Wonderful Winners
If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be? Would wear purple and gold and their mascot would be a winged unicorn! Their game is spreading happiness. Together with their opponents they seek to do the most good and spread the most happiness during a game. The crowd are monitored andContinueContinue reading “The Weird and Wonderful Winners”
Lousy Decision Maker (snippet)
Reasons for being unable to make a decision: You really don’t care. You really don’t mind what you do and are genuinely happy to fit in. Available decisions don’t sound appealing (it’s hard to choose the least worst when they all suck). You don’t want either job (because you’re in the wrong career?). You’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Lousy Decision Maker (snippet)”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 