Category Archive: Inspiration

Your greatest weakness could be your greatest gift!

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And so as we come to the end of World Mental Health Week, I cannot think of a better way to round it off on World Mental Health Day than with the following… Continue reading

The Power of Positive Thinking

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It is wonderful to see such a great response to this week’s mental health theme of Building Resilience and thank you all for your comments which are adding so much to the posts. Yesterday we… Continue reading

10 Ways to Build Resilience

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In psychological terms when we speak of resilience, we refer to the  positive capacity of individuals to deal with stress and adversity. The good news is that resilience is most commonly understood as a process,… Continue reading

When depression strikes again

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       It’s a dreadful place.       Relapse.       Maybe you had hoped you’d never go there. Or maybe you stay awake at night fearing you will. Maybe you’ve just realized you’re already there.      … Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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Continuing to find resonance and comfort in the poetry of Mary Oliver.   Morning Poem Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks of the sun the heaped ashes of the… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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I was looking through the archive of poems here for one that speaks particularly to me during this difficult time, and I found myself lingering on Rumi’s The Guest House. I am very… Continue reading

Raise your life to a higher level

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If you want to be interesting, be interested. If you want to be heard, listen. If you wish to truly learn, teach. If you would like to be wealthy, be generous. If you… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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  Today’s Poetry Friday is a little different. Instead of a poem, I have a prayer, the words of which I wish for all of you.  Make Me Strong in Spirit  Make me strong in… Continue reading

Seize this Day

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  The opportunities you have are too beautiful and too valuable for you to let them pass you by. Stop making excuses and start making progress.  What you imagine, you can begin. What you… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places Where I left them, asleep like cattle Then what… Continue reading