We are now in the era of online communication. What with Facebook, Twitter, Text Messaging, Forums, Chat Rooms, Skype etc. etc. there would appear little need to actually meet up physically with anyone any more. As an added bonus (or not) we can take on an online persona or “avatar” where we can be “tinkerbell […]
Most of us instantly see Mothers Day as a day for celebrating and thanking our mums for looking after us and doing the best they could for us during our lives. However by definition the noun Mother is “a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth” and for […]
Those of us who have seen Desperate Housewives or similar will be all too aware that underneath the twitching curtains of civilised communities lies a wealth of secret and lies going on. “Not in Haywards Heath some may say”. I would say there are secret and lies everywhere. It is highly unlikely that you can […]
Did you feel a bit depressed yesterday – if so it was probably only to be expected as yesterday was the gloomiest day of the year according to Those That Know! I am not sure if feeling this way is just down to knowing in advance that yesterday was going to be the gloomiest day […]
Most years we all make resolutions that most of us don’t keep. Many of us often say “this year things are going to change”. However things don’t change. We do. If relationships etc are not going so well sometimes it isn’t just about changing them it is also figuring out what is going on with […]
Not many of us could have escaped the news about the death of Gary Speed a few months back. . Whilst the actual reasons for it are not known and may never be known, the consensus of public speculation seems to indicate that it was suicide because of depression. “What on earth could have he […]
I am still surprised how by just talking about a worry can make the World a nicer place for us to be. It also never ceases to frustrate me how we are still are so backward about coming forward if we have some emotional sadness that we haven’t overcome. If we have a physical ailment […]
Firework night with all its traditions can be such fun for all the family. Even the sudden noise of the fireworks exploding seems to add to the magic of it all. Except of course if we are at home and it takes us by surprise! Then the sudden eruption of the fireworks going on, and […]
Everywhere we turn we are faced with signs asking us to Quit Smoking. There is a national campaign to provide smokers with all the evidence to persuade them that smoking is bad for their health and to cease in their own best interests and we have large scale offerings of how to do that. We […]
For some forgiveness is easy but for others it is not. Abuse, neglect, abandonment, cruetly etc. etc, especially if they happen to a vulnerable child are sometimes hard to overcome. But arn’t we meant to fogive these actions in order to get on with our lives? I would suggest that sometimes it is just not possible to forgive […]
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