While we feel bitter at the injustice, unless we deal with and move on from that feeling, it can turn into anger. We must decide how best to handle ourselves and our situation.
Bitterness is something we dwell on. It’s worse than anger, because being bitter means we’re helpless to do anything about feeling bitter. But we can be bitter and still have control. We must get past …
Read on »Amazing Summer Salad
A lovely refreshing summer salad which would be perfect for sharing, just add pitta bread.
‘Adapted from BBC Good Food’
Ingredients:
400g tin black beans drained
2 large handfuls baby spinach leaves, roughly chopped …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“Setting boundaries is a way of caring for myself. It doesn’t make me mean, selfish, or uncaring because I don’t do things your way. I care about me too.”
CHRISTINE MORGAN
Read on »After 3 years of completing a manuscript, it has become somewhat of an anti-climax and as a result I have become more reflective.
At the start of the process, I was determined to get it done. It was something that would bring more clarity into my somewhat chaotic mind, living with a disability I didn’t know I had and I couldn’t be …
Read on »When we feel the need to have self-importance we’ve given up on the spiritual life. It exists in our communities and in politics. Self-importance is usually about two things; money and power. Politicians who enter politics, have either already made their fortune or inherited it.
What drives self-importance is status, prestige, power and authority, together with an oversized ego brought about through others’ lust for power and their sense of entitlement that can spill over into …
Read on »This wasn’t an easy blog to write, I hope I’ve done it justice. I grew up knowing only about a bad leg and foot. That much was obvious because it was something you could see. Wearing skirts made it more obvious, because you could see me walk toe heel, and because I walked with a limp.
Growing up and throughout my life, I was led to believe I was ‘normal’ and whilst I was still living at home that didn’t seem to …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“Never cross the limits of any matter. You will harm, not only yourself, but you will also lose your motives and trust.”
EHSAN SEHGAL
Read on »I have often heard it said that as little as 10 minutes of regular exercise can help alleviate depression. But even professionals don’t always make the link between mental and physical health. There are many reasons that physical activity is said to help mental health. It boosts mood, relieves stress and improves sleep.
Although the long-associated stigma attached to mental illness has faded in recent years, the services set up to provide assistance are still stretched and underfunded. With the caveat that exercise alone …
Read on »It’s not always easy to understand Autism and how we may present. Unless you have autism, it’s not something anyone without the condition will completely understand.
But Autism is a disability and no two people with the condition will present in the same way. How it plays out will differ. A cross-wired brain will always be a cross-wired brain. Trying to fit a square peg …
Read on »Humility is the act of being modest, it is the opposite of being arrogant and aggressive. We will never successfully forge ahead without it.
Since everything we do is based on how we act and react, we must always act and react with humility. It makes what we put out there real. Humility helps build trust between people, in families, in society …
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