Something inspirational:

“The real purpose of life is just to be happy—to enjoy your life. To get to a place where you’re not always trying to get someplace else. So many people spend their lives striving, trying to be someplace that they're not, they never get to arrive.”

WAYNE DYER

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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4 comments on “Our real purpose”

  1. This is so true, especially nowadays. People just aren't happy with anything anymore.

    They go to college get a great job and then they're not satisfied to just live their lives. Then there are the ones that are miserable and think that everyone else should be too!!

    1. I agree with all of your points Lisa.

      You're absolutely right. No one seems happy or satisfied, I have seen that too and continue to see it.

      There is almost a sense of foreboding in the air, brought about by stress and the economy. These are definitely hard times for all of us.

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