Something inspirational:
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
J. K. ROWLING
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30 Apr, 2014
Month: April 2014
Dark Chocolate
The health benefits of dark chocolate have been the subject of many recent studies and the outcome of these is that benefits are now widely acknowledged.
The goodness of chocolate comes from its cacao concentration. Chocolate contains as many as 300 compounds that provide extreme health benefits, including polyphenols, flavonoids, vitamins …
Read on » 29 Apr, 2014
A new thought pattern
I’m pleased I’m not seeing my children moving away from home as being a problem. I love the fact that they’re independent and mature enough to want to live independent lives.
Given my own upbringing, this is a new and normal thought pattern for me and I’m happy to run with it. I am completely settled with its concept, but I’ve had to do a complete u-turn to change my …
Read on » 28 Apr, 2014
Secret sorrows
Something inspirational:
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Read on » 27 Apr, 2014
Making allowances
We spend our lives making allowances for people. As parents, we make allowances. We compensate or allow for things depending on what our children have to deal with.
As a child growing up with difficulties, an allowance was made on my day out to the hospital each year. A problem with it, is that we’re already being singled us out as being different when all we want to do is fit …
Read on » 26 Apr, 2014
Don’t dwell
If you’ve never had something but wish you did, continuing to wish for it won’t help. If you know you can’t change something, accept that you can’t, you’ll have more peace that way.
If you have something, accept it for what it is and be happy with it. Don’t dwell on the things you can’t change, on the things you …
Read on » 25 Apr, 2014
About friends
Something inspirational:
“Friends are the family you choose (- Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”
JESS C. SCOTT
Read on » 24 Apr, 2014
Avocado salad
Avocado salad with grapefruit
Ingredients:
Large packet of mixed leaf salad
2 roughly chopped red or orange pepper …
Read on » 23 Apr, 2014
A lifetime of regrets
Sometimes we do things in our life that we later go on to regret, or something we didn’t do that perhaps we should have done.
Over the years, there we’re lots of things I tried to change and address, but none of what I tried to change had any impact on the people who should have encouraged me to aspire to and do …
Read on » 22 Apr, 2014
Jealousy
As a child growing up with a disability that I didn’t know I had, I was happy to me. There were things I wanted to change, such as understanding what exactly what was wrong and what my symptoms were.
I didn’t like the fact that I had no working muscle tone on my left side because children in the school playground would stare. I was angry, because my issues were being ignored and I didn’t like the fact …
Read on » 21 Apr, 2014
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