Month: August 2020
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The Interview with Mental Health @ Home
I am not sure how I became aware of the blog Mental Health @ Home but it has become a must read daily. You can be sure when you read a post from her blog that she has done her research, knows her material which lends to her credibility. So I am happy that she…
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Being Resolute!
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. Theodore RooseveltRead more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/resolute-quotes Resolute: Use the adjective resolute to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something very much, and won’t let anything get in the way. From…
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Breaking The News
“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is, you don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience…
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The Progression Of Civil Liberties
“It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.” – Maya Angelou *** I started writing this post yesterday. I had to set…
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Mental Time Out!
You shouldn’t feel guilty about taking time for yourself. Every so often, everyone needs to give themselves a big ol’ bear hug and treat themselves to some TLC. Sean CoveyRead more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/taking-time-quotes I was mi.a.(missing in action) on purpose. I just needed to shut down, turn off, from all the heaviness happening around the…
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Connections
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.”― Herman Melville Throughout my life I have watched people, what I have noticed that those who are connected through family, friends,…
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Purpose, The True Sense
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” ―W. Clement Stone Every on in awhile I have at times asked the ultimate question, “what is my purpose for living”. Just the other day was one of those times. For the whole population of planet earth the question would be as unique as is…
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Sunshine In Bloom!
With all the bad news, sad news, fatal news, I thought a bit of cheer in bloom is much needed. When I first moved into my home twenty-three years ago I had a real problem every spring and summer with an infestation of ants. They just wouldn’t quit! Then I heard from a gardening expert…
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Leave My Emotions Out Of It!
Of course our feelings matter. But emotional decisions are usually not the best ones. On the other hand, your emotions can affect your decisions whether you like it or not because the effects can occur on the unconscious level. Leonard Mlodinow I have never approached the subject of how I made decisions from this view…
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Things That Make Me Say hmmmmm…
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”― Walt Disney Company I have been thinking whatever happen to the child-like curiosity that I use to have. Here are some things I have…
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A Re-Blog: Despair and Giving Up — Body-Mind Health
Have you ever reached a point when nothing works to solve a problem? I have. I have been trying for over a week to achieve a very important life goal. I need not go into the specifics about this. It is enough to say that it is very important to me to do this and,… Despair…
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How Is Your Emotional Well-Being?
“When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.”― Jess C. Scott, Clear: A Guide to Treating Acne Naturally I probably could guess…
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Something New For This Blog?
I have been mulling this over for quite some time. I wasn’t sure, not really sure now, if this idea would work for me. The Interview There are some great bloggers out there, I come across their blogs, that I would love to ask them a series of questions in the form of a written…
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Feel Inspired?
You’re always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you’re feeling, things that you’ve felt. It’s kind of impossible not to unless you’re writing a song and there’s an exact scenario that you’re trying to write a song for. Harry StylesRead more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/inspiration-quotes The thing that hath been, it is that which…
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Hats Off To Kamala Harris!
“Surround yourself with really good friends. Have people around you who cheer you on, and applaud you, and support you, and are honest with you, and tell you, you know, when your breath stinks.” –Kamala Harris August 11, 2020 I am one who does not write about politics, I believe to this day I may have…
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A Reblog: A letter to self on bad mental health days! — FOREVER AWKWARD
Dear self, I know you’re having a tough time today but that’s okay. Not every day is the same. Some days are better than others, and that’s okay. I know that you feel worn out, angry, livid even. You feel like you are unable to control the way you feel and it racks you with […]…
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Flex That Writing Muscle!
“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler I have noticed over the last couple years my writing has started to form my…
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A Thought Of Gratefulness
“Appreciation can make a day—even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” ―Margaret Cousins I decided today that I would change the focus. With everything that is happening around the world, country, neighborhood, backyard, it is so easy to be distraught. Yes, I sometimes am guilty of…
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Teachable Moments
There is something I have learned the hard way, I use my experiences as teachable moments. I am not sure I have ever shared this about my daughter as a baby who suffered with colic.
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A Post Of Caution
Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive. Walter Colton Read more: https://www.wiseoldsayings.com/plagiarism-quotes/#ixzz6UHj67rn2 Yesterday I was hit with something that set me back on my heels. I received a message that I had to “pay” for using…
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