As a child, I held back and kept my emotions to myself, partly because no one was listening and partly because my childhood wasn’t a happy one. It was my coping mechanism.
When we talk about ‘repression of emotions,’ we talk about holding back on our emotions. It’s used as a means of survival, so that we don’t have to deal with our emotions. It is used temporarily to …
Read on »Many of us will know someone who lives and has made an occupation of being an eternal sceptic. People who continually choose to question or throw doubt on another person’s knowledge.
Anyone who is an eternal sceptic, will have his or her own opinions, will discredit what’s being said and will usually want to carry out their own research, before they consider or believe the …
Read on »The facts about sugar intake for many people are completely confusing, particularly when it comes to a family whose loved one is dealing with cancer.
Learning about the connections between sugar and cancer is important primarily because we need to make the best nutritional choices when dealing with cancer.
The facts
Sugar feeds every cell in the body and the body needs sugar for energy. If we cut out sugar altogether, the body will take it from other sources such as fat and protein. The body cannot live without …
Read on »As someone spiritual, I have never tried to make anyone believe what I believe or judge someone for what they believe. It’s simply not my way. I believe as individuals we evolve, we grow emotionally, physically and spiritually. What we are today is not what we will be tomorrow.
Every soul has a spirit. It’s important we start on a path to spiritual awareness, knowledge and insight: it is often because we’re not that life becomes more difficult. Spirituality paves the way for understanding …
Read on »I used to feel guilty because I felt I should have been stronger instead of conforming to how others wanted me to be, although there’s a part of me that knows I had little choice in the matter.
I felt compelled to write from my own viewpoint why I feel it’s important for us not to conform to other people’s lives …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“God grant me the serenity; To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference.”
REINHOLD NIEBUHR
The issues I deal with are usually the reason why I’m an early riser. I go to sleep with no thoughts, or preconceived ideas about any of the issues I might have been dealing with during the day, but I usually wake up with some of the answers in my mind on any unresolved issues.
It wasn’t the pattern I had as a child. As a child, I couldn’t get to sleep because of bad thoughts and although it took me a while to sleep, once I slept I usually stayed asleep. That’s probably more to do …
Read on »Just when I thought I was turning a corner on our luck yesterday, we found ourselves facing another hurdle.
I just want something to go right, something that we can smile about, something that shows us we’re moving forward on the last 2 years. I’m not giving up on things. Tomorrow is a brand new …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“As you emphasise your life, you must localise and define it. The more truly and earnestly you come to do anything, the more clearly you will see you cannot do everything. He who is truly good must be good for something. To be good for everything is to be good for nothing.”
PHILIPS BROOKS
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