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Plot Twists, how do they shape your life?

Some days, things can feel heavy, dragging you down. Almost like life is not worth living. I was browsing Facebook this morning and came across a post from a person who had decided he was going to end his life. He had it all planned, the place, the time, the rope. Yet...

A Wake-up Call

At some stage we all get a wake up call, but what you do about it is still your choice. You can bury your head under the covers and turn over and go back to sleep again, or you can take action! And taking action is obviously the scary part. If you’re like me you will...

I am not my circumstances

So often we grumble, complain, heck even rant that things aren’t the way we would like them to be. How often do we place the blame squarely on other people, outside circumstances? “You see my boss/husband/best friend doesn’t understand that….”. OR “I wanted to do that...

Holding to standards

Similar subject, different angle. So once you have established your standards, how easy is it to slip, to drop them again? And how do you feel once you do? Is it a case of “oh well, this once won’t hurt”, which then turns into twice, thrice and then standards...

Standards – how well do you hold to yours?

One of the things I feel trips us up, is having different sets of standards for different areas of our lives. So maybe you give 100% of you at home, 50% of you at work. That can work, but let’s look at this a bit closer. You may have heard the statement - “How...

Why do you do the things you do?

Some things we HAVE to do, like obey the rules of the road. Others we have a choice. Like the clothes you wear, the way you react in situations, how you interact with other people. I can already hear some people screaming - NO I DON’T HAVE A CHOICE! But...