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Mental Health Matters: A World of Grey
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Sunday, January 9, 2011. A World of Grey. I often think things like, “Today was a good day” or “He’s an idiot” or “I can’t play guitar.” Black and white statements. What about Mental Health? If I say someone has mental health issues , it’s kind of like flicking a switch or checking a box. Suddenly I put them in a group with all the other people I think have mental issues. Wow, not much grace in that is there? I still can't play guitar though. January 10, 2011 at 8:35 PM. So, so true. And well-stated.
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Mental Health Matters: The Question of Pain
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Saturday, October 9, 2010. The Question of Pain. So now we come to what I do have as the title, "The Question of Pain". Community can be as little as two or as large as the world. Pain can scale from a child getting a bee sting to a major catastrophe like 9-11. I'm beginning to see that whenever there is pain, there follows in it's wake an opportunity for community. It's our answer to the question. October 24, 2010 at 2:50 PM. This is so true! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other Blogs You Might Like.
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Mental Health Matters: Compassionate Friends
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011. This morning a friend sent me an article from the Jan/Feb issue of the Compassionate Friends Newsletter. The article echoed their feelings about going through the loss of a sibling. As I read the article, one line jumped out,. 8220; Many feelings, thoughts or emotions that I may have thought were just mine I have found are universal with others. Just recently I was also reading Agnes's Jacket. Over three thousand years ago, the Epic of Gilgamesh. Other people or talk enough to.
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Mental Health Matters: September 2010
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Snap out of it! I know a few people who've told me they have a mental illness. I haven't actually dug into their experience of it - how they live with it on a day to day basis, I'm just aware they deal with it. Should I ask questions? Will it make them snap? What do I say? What if I told someone with Cancer or a torn ligament to shake it off - if they didn't hit me or yell at me they'd surely think I. Was the crazy one. Not letting any negative stigma push us down the socia...
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Mental Health Matters: January 2011
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011. This morning a friend sent me an article from the Jan/Feb issue of the Compassionate Friends Newsletter. The article echoed their feelings about going through the loss of a sibling. As I read the article, one line jumped out,. 8220; Many feelings, thoughts or emotions that I may have thought were just mine I have found are universal with others. Just recently I was also reading Agnes's Jacket. Over three thousand years ago, the Epic of Gilgamesh. Other people or talk enough to.
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Mental Health Matters: I don't know Jack
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Sunday, January 9, 2011. I don't know Jack. So I'm meandering around the web last week and I go to the Mental Health Commission website. My eye caught the article and video for the Jack Project. This is an idea started in response to a family loosing their son Jack to suicide. Have I met Jack? In a popular piece of writing called the Desiderata. There is a line,. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,. It is still a beautiful world.
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spo(R)ting life: So, Save Me
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The blog about everything worth living. Friday, March 2, 2012. So, Save Me. So on February 29th, even though I'd likely been ready for weeks, I hit the publish button on my book. The various stories on how this came about can be found here. The Amazon.com folk, I guess because February 29th is only a fake day, have seen fit to change my publication date to February 28th. so be it. So the book is available for sale at this link. If you are a PC person, instructions on how to obtain e-books is here. Spring...
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spo(R)ting life: International Women's Day
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The blog about everything worth living. Monday, March 5, 2012. And the kids were great. I talked about what it is like to try and figure out a career when you decide that what you really want to do with your life simply isn't realistic or viable. This is exactly what I had to do in my early 20's when I figured I could never be a writer. And what made me most proud was that my own daughter wanted to come and see her mother speak. Monday, March 05, 2012. March 5, 2012 at 9:20 PM. March 7, 2012 at 9:27 AM.
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spo(R)ting life: April 2011
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The blog about everything worth living. Saturday, April 30, 2011. Thoughts While Sitting in the L. A. Airport (and Vancouver and Calgary). On the Pacific Coast Highway. I could have ridden up and down here all day. Sitting in airports appears to be the definition of killing time. There isn't much else to do other than sit and think. And I'm thinking about the things I'm coming home to as well. How about math like this:. 4997 km (shoulda rolled around the parking lot a bit). Add another 10 hours I'm sure.
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spo(R)ting life: Making it a Visual Experience
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The blog about everything worth living. Saturday, January 21, 2012. Making it a Visual Experience. And I'll admit, the moments you think you suck, far outweigh the moments of grandeur. I had to fix that. But it meant I had to read the book and that made me a little self conscious. 10 or 12 chapters later,. For life so it had to be fixed. When I was asked by my favourite designer. That's what I was looking for - the moments that suck for my friends. Most remembered the "teenager" bits - the making out and...
