Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
We all had at some time either a safety blanket when we were children or some sort of stuffed animal that made us feel safe. Mine was pink, and my grandmother still has some shreds stowed away. I loved that pink blanket. I felt safe but as I grew up I had to let it go. We […]
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“I’m OK,” I told my friend. “I’m not going to be crying in corners.” But he said “Oh yes you will, and plenty, but that’s OK. It is OK to cry, to mourn a loss, any loss.”
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As Oliver Sacks rightly said: “Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more – it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to […]
Read More…It is part of the human condition to constantly anticipate the future, even the near future, making it sometimes sadder tan we’d like. This happened today after spending time with one of my little fabulous nieces. While waiting for my bus back home, she hugged me and told me she missed me.
Read More…At some point in life we all find ourselves looking down at the abyss and wondering whether we should back track to our comfort zone, or go ahead and jump. I’ve chosen to jump!
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Don’t we wish there were an antidote for loss? For the pain or even a way to skip it all together? The only antidote is time and experience, and not even that can prepare you. However, there are ways to manage loss and make it more bearable.
Read More…Yes! Some stores, in fact, stimulate feelings of peace and contemplation, at least in me. When I cannot get away from the city and I don’t want to shop, or sit in a coffee shop and stare at my phone, which only makes me more anxious, I do dare tread into some shops that inspire […]
Read More…I like the word “Poise,” which means embodying grace, elegance, balance, control, equilibrium. This describes how we should feel and carry ourselves at all times because if we feel and act this way, we are at peace with ourselves and unafraid of accepting life as it comes. This includes the intimate and very personal challenges […]
Read More…At some point in our lives, we all experience a sense of emptiness inside, an awareness that we are, in fact, alone and separate beings. We often feel this at times when we feel we are running on empty, lost, clueless, unfulfilled, lonely, sad or downright depressed. To avoid actually feeling these feelings, we try […]
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There are things people tell us, platitudes, which may anger us when we are in dire straits, down in the dumps or dealing with loss. Well-meaning friends want to make us feel better. Perhaps they tell us from personal experience, but, unfortunately, we don’t learn from second-hand experience. Plus, we usually end up feeling frustrated […]
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