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

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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6 comments on “Secret Sorrows”

  1. I agree. We don't know everything that may be going on in someone else's life. People may seem cold when they are only sad.

  2. I appreciate this quote and I agree with Lisa.

    Pain and sorrow can look like anger outwardly and the appearance of being a cold person prevails.

    1. Thanks Tim. I agree with you. Pain and sorry can look like anger, because it tends to manifest itself in exactly that way. We just don't always know it does because our thoughts are usually unconscious thoughts.

      If more people were able to understand their feelings at any given point and talk about how they feel, we would be able to do something about helping them.

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