From My Heart to Yours
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So Far Gone
I think … I’m losing my mind. (Read: this blog will make zero sense). Or perhaps, I’ve already lost it. I can’t remember the last time I saw it. Or the last place we went. Or what I was doing the last time I had it. But I am certainly hoping it hasn’t been permanently…
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Empathy: Before it's too late
I think it is time we talk about mental health. We, as a society, need to talk about things like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia etc. We need to stop turning a blind eye to those who show signs of an issue just because we can’t fathom it ourselves or because it only shows through sometimes….
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On Love, In Rambles
My mind has been centred on “love” today. On understanding that love isn’t forever. Not in the form it’s first experienced or experienced in this moment. Love is an energy. It cannot be created or destroyed, but it changes forms. It transfers from one thing to another. It doesn’t stay the same all our lives. And…
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A Life of Purpose
A series of events led to me sitting in my car at the end of my lunch break, reaching into the door pocket to pull out a card I was instructed to not read until that moment. I had absolutely no idea what to expect from it, but when I was done – and after…
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You Get What You Eat
I’ve noticed a lot of young people, men especially, take healthy eating for a joke, which is fine of course if it’s actually an informed decision you’re choosing to make. What isn’t funny, though, is that 1 in 3 people develop cancer. ONE in THREE. That means if you have two friends, one of you…
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Lessons of Life
I wrote a blog more than a year ago about my desire to become a teacher. I told you guys how excited I was to have discovered that it might be my calling, and that I was going to start the process of getting certified. And I received nothing but well wishes and encouragement. Well,…
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Act Out of Kindness
I came across a Buzzfeed article, if you can call it that, this morning that inspired me to up the ante on my random acts of kindness. Even though I practise kindness, naturally, on a pretty consistent basis I think there is defnitely room for improvement when it comes to being kind to strangers. Granted,…