Thoughts on my health

Date 28 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I don’t feel happy or sad. Feeling indifferent. I’m a little tired. I’ve slowed down, but not to the point of stopping. I can’t seem to motivate myself at all. I’m not feeling totally unwell, but not feeling one hundred per cent. When I begin to look at the bigger…
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Stuck in a rut

Date 27 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Do we even recognise our own character traits? We don’t see our own characters, but others see what we don’t see. We’re either not consciously aware we’re negative, or we’re aware but we don’t know how to change, or we’re just not interested in changing because it’s what we know.…
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Leaving and moving on

Date 24 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Last week was tough and I’m pleased it’s over. There are some people who come into our lives for a short while that we need to walk away from, because they make our lives difficult. We’re taught by our parents to put trust in people because that is considered the…
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Is ignorance bliss?

Date 21 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We often think that not knowing something is more comfortable than knowing, but in some circumstances, ignorance is bliss can paint an altogether different picture, if that something changes our life, or that of someone else. Choosing to ignore something can have far and wide reaching consequences, particularly if what…
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Learning to let go

Date 19 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I just couldn’t let go of the fact that the heels on my shoes would never wear uniformly because I had a difference in leg length. I would constantly hone in on it. It became my biggest bug bear. Why is it that we still can’t seem to let it…
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Our ability to change

Date 18 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
The good thing about the human condition is that we have the ability to think, feel, see and understand how to change things, unlike computers that rely on the information we programme them with. In a nutshell computers can’t think for themselves, but as humans we have the ability to…
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Judgment by association

Date 17 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We get a bad press. We’re judged, not because we’ve said or done something to the other person, but by association and usually with family. For the person being judged, it’s not funny because of the hard time and the bad press they get, but it’s also not something they…
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The proverbial chip

Date 11 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve spent my life living with people who carry the proverbial chip. The chip they carry seems to be permanently etched deep in their unconscious. Unfortunately, it’s not something people easily identify with so very little change is made to sort out the problem, but living with a chip eventually…
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Bringing out the worst

Date 10 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It would be lovely to think people only want to bring out the best in us, but there are those who will continually insist on bringing out the worst in us, by constantly finding fault. I think that when that happens it says a lot about them and very little…
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A sad reflection

Date 8 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s sad when people spend all their lives in their own little world. They’re not pro-active, they unconsciously don’t change anything, then something happens and the opportunities they could have had over the years seem a distant memory. It’s even harder when health issues take over and those health issues…
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People will fail us

Date 7 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It doesn’t matter whether we do the right thing, it’s a fact that people will fail us. Disappointments come in many forms. Whether it’s a family member, a friend or a best friend who make a promise they said they would keep, not doing something they said they would do,…
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Adapting to change

Date 4 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
There comes a time in any parent’s life when it’s time to let go of their children emotionally, when their children are ready to go out to experience life for themselves. That part isn’t easy, but is one many of us will simply take in our stride. For us it’s…
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