Walking with elephants
We all know about the elephant in the room. It’s that huge, looming thing no-one wants to talk about for fear of upsetting the status quo. Sometimes, there are elephants that follow you around. Your own, personal elephant that you refused to mention to yourself, because if you turn around and acknowledge it, everything has to change.
Monsters are real
Monsters are real and they live in your head. Just because you can’t see them, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. “In your head” is as real a place as any. … Continue reading
In love with the pain
The new Disney Pixar movie Inside Out is wonderful because it introduces a positive role for sadness. Sadness can be cleansing. It can bring wisdom. It can heal and help … Continue reading
How I met your mother
Sure, there are lots of ways you probably don’t want to be like your parents. You may or may not want the kind of relationship they had.
But if they had a story of love, chances are you expect something like that should happen to you.
You’re a monster
Someone recently told me that I’m a fraud, arrogant, full of myself, judgmental and that most people don’t like me because I’m unlikable. I tried to reject the words. I … Continue reading
Introverts unite
Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured…Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to. Susan Cain I just … Continue reading
As you are
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then … Continue reading
Moving on
Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but … Continue reading
Literally made of stars
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. Carl … Continue reading
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