Gratification

Date 7 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Unfortunately, gratification and self-gratification have become part of our lives. We do things but expect something back in return. This is the way their lives roll and they make no excuses about it. Others will genuinely do things, not for personal gain but because they have empathy and want to…
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Living in the shadow

Date 5 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
When parents fail to make decisions individually for their children, their children will go through their lives living in the shadow of their siblings. Shadowing a sibling doesn’t happen through choice. It usually comes through a parents’ inability to let their children live independent lives. It’s an easy way for…
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An understanding

Date 4 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s taken me a long time to understand my parents, the bigger picture, the role they played, why my life would never be any different and why I came to struggle. I remember a conversation I’d had with someone years ago about parents and that just because we become parents,…
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My Cerebral Palsy

Date 2 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It was in my 40s that I was able to start piecing some of my cerebral palsy together. My parents were reluctant to talk about it, so I am having to piece everything together myself. It’s not ideal, but it’s something. It would take years and my mother’s terminal illness…
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Another universal thought

Date 29 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
‘We seem to be heading in the right direction, we’re doing the right things but circumstances are still conspiring against us.’ I believe that whilst we’re in contact with others who don’t conform to the rules of the universe, the universe will always conspire to ensure those people learn from…
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The universe conspires

Date 28 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
The universe will always conspire to work with us on the things we do that are right. If we do and say the right things, those things should work out. When we do things for our own gain because we’re greedy or we think we’re entitled, the universe will have…
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Revisiting old issues

Date 26 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We’d be different people than we are today if we’d had the opportunity to do and experience the things others have been lucky enough to experience. If that isn’t the case, to hold on to romantic notions of imagining how our lives could have been, the whole exercise will become…
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Everyone's potential

Date 25 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
When we’re dealing with physical problems and are desperate to be heard, hurting and ignored for the most part, it’s easy to understand why we would withdraw and why others would then choose to define us as being lazy. No one is born that way. Our environment and what we…
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The Write & Burn Letter

Date 22 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Not everyone will have the opportunity to speak to their parents about unresolved childhood issues that continue to affect them. Whilst I would always recommend speaking to your parents, I do think it is important to get your message across in a way that allows you to get the best…
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An other's decisions

Date 17 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s accepted that when we’re little, our parents make the decisions for us, that as we grow they will encourage us to make our own decisions so that we can begin to make our own decisions, follow our own path. If like me that didn’t happen for you, you shouldn’t…
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Family & issues

Date 16 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Some families have a lot to answer for. Too often issues are brought into the equation by other family members that don’t belong to us and will interfere in our daily lives. As long as we’re not responsible for those issues, there is no need for us to carry them,…
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Life can be scary

Date 10 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Because we sometimes have to deal with the unknown, life can be scary if we stopped to think about it long enough. My struggles with my health is the one thing that scares me the most. I think if we all stopped to think about life and what it really…
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