As is your negative system Negativity is a bad word isn’t it? It means that you’re being negative! You’re failing yourself, your life, irritating the people around you, refusing to pull yourself together. Not realising how lucky you are. Refusing to look on the bright side. And on and on and boringly on. Reality checkContinueContinue reading “Don’t Fear Your Greatest Teacher”
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Not Always Anxiety
Photo by Pham Khoai on Pexels.com As a long-time sufferer of acute anxiety, over 40 years until I learned how to clear it, I have learned a lot about it, especially since it went. I personally found that anxiety made me feel like a fool, stupid for feeling the way I did, even though IContinueContinue reading “Not Always Anxiety”
The Trouble with Death
It’s about love Let me begin by saying that this isn’t going to be a grim or upsetting blog. I won’t be dwelling on bad memories, illness, or funerals. It’s a purely emotional blog but not a tear stained one. It’s difficult I decided to start with the patently obvious, but in truth this isn’tContinueContinue reading “The Trouble with Death”
Just to help
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I used to suffer from terrible acute anxiety. I was born into a very messed up family, no abuse, but I’m still seeing the effects in my younger brother and until recently my cousin, to this day. I way toContinueContinue reading “Just to help”
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”
Cast Off
Photo by Anete Lusina on Pexels.com Going through my old work there was clearly I time that I was disenchanted with life and love. I wondered whether to share this, but all emotions have a place in life and the difficult ones are often only too real.This one was written for a friend who’d beenContinueContinue reading “Cast Off”
Newton’s Law (of communication)
I know I’ve used this image before, but I love it, and it reflects the subject matter of communication snafu’s. One of the things humans either take for granted, don’t think through properly, and generally mess up, is communication. Especially about difficult subjects. Few of us enjoy being criticised or told we’re wrong, especially asContinueContinue reading “Newton’s Law (of communication)”
When Time is Sweet
Photo by Luiz M. Santos on Pexels.com When time is sweetLike grapes on the vinesSmiles and experiences grow togetherAnd make vintage memoriesTo carry you through sour timesSo when life is not hardWhen you’re able to enjoy yourselfFuture proof by making as many good memories as you canAnd you may discoverThat you have more good timesContinueContinue reading “When Time is Sweet”
Empty
Photo by Max Vakhtbovycn on Pexels.com This poem came from a difficult time in my life when I was learning the difference between working in the caring industry and the demands of business.Today, I am prepared to live the corporate life,be the corporate wife, live corporately.Now I am prepared to do what it takes toContinueContinue reading “Empty”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 