Happiness builds but sadness has a way of catching us unawares. Both emotions are powerful. Both are necessary. And both have their value. The difference is that while happiness can build to excitement and euphoria, sadness can spiral into depression. It's easier to come down from an emotional high than it is to recover from … Continue reading Happy Versus Sad →

In conversation, what we hear is not necessarily what has been said. The spoken word can be misunderstood when filtered through the fears, opinions and pre-conceptions of its audience. Intent is not always immediately obvious. Confusion results. Unresolved confusion can lead to conflict and conflict to mental anguish. There is a danger that twisted perception … Continue reading It’s Only Words →

Happiness lies within. It's there inside us all. We own our own happiness. It's our responsibility to foster and maintain all the associated positive emotions including joy, contentment and gratitude. The problem is that situations and circumstances can result in us losing our connection to happiness. It's at those times that we look to others … Continue reading Happy Is As Happy Does →

Answers are often harder to accept than they are to find. And yet we keep demanding them. We have a need to know why, what and how. Often, though, that need can extend beyond natural curiosity to self-destruction. There is a tendency to analyse beyond the point of reason. It's when a thought becomes an … Continue reading Taking Chances With Answers →

We all have the need to be seen and we all have the desire to be heard. We want our existence to be acknowledged. As unique individuals we all occupy a space. It's our space and will always be so. At various times in our lives we can invite people to share our space but … Continue reading Our Space, Our Place →

Emotions are the link between head and heart...between rational thinking and romantic reaction. Small wonder then that our emotional state can occasionally be somewhat erratic. There's a vast gap between knowing and feeling. Reality and imagination sit poles apart. And yet we are often tempted to ignore the evident truth in favour of the promise … Continue reading Head, Heart And Harmony →

So much self-inflicted anxiety stems from the mind-based battle between worth and value. How we see ourselves is our self-worth; how the world sees us is our self-value. Rarely do the two intersect and form a comfortable and lasting relationship. Too much time is spent on self-reflection which spins out into self-criticism. We become our … Continue reading The Value Of Being →

It is what it is because it was what it was. That does not mean, however, that it must be what it will be. Uncertainty and unpredictability should never be used as excuses. We can change. We can change what we think. We can change who we are. We can swap inevitability for adventure. Repetition … Continue reading Never Too Late →

While we must all accept the reality of consequence, there is little we can do but wait for the future to arrive. What's behind was, what's with us is, and what lies ahead is shrouded in mystery, conjecture and - all too often - fear. There is a real danger in reacting to something that … Continue reading The Choice Of Change →

When desire exceeds satisfaction we can find ourselves in troubled waters. Focusing on what we want at the expense of appreciating what we have results in disappointment and can lead to depression. Wants are linked to the future. Reality rests with haves. Contentment is another issue altogether. Contentment suggests passivity...a lack of drive and vision. … Continue reading A Friend In Deed →