My aunt died….and I’m glad I was depressed
I’m sorry I haven’t been posting in a while….I’ve had a lot of things going on in my life. One of the more surprising things was that my aunt passed away. It was sudden, but it wasn’t. I … Continued
I won the lottery!!
I won the lottery!! Ok, well, it wasn’t the lottery that gets you millions of dollars. It was the lottery of life. What am I talking about? Let me explain. I was born in a first-world country. I … Continued
Feel your emotions
We had a very nice weekend away at my parent’s cottage this past weekend. It was great fun to see my niece and nephew, brother and sister-in-law and my parents. The kids really like having their aunt and uncle around, … Continued
I need Equanimity…what the hell is that?
It is strange…I feel deeply that I have something to offer people. For a long time I wasn’t sure what it was…I mean, what do I have that other people will want? I searched high and low, racked my brain, … Continued
I am an imperfect person – and I love it
“If happiness is “the state of mind in which one does not desire to be in any other state,” as the famous researcher of flow experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says, then self-consciousness, shame, envy, jealousy, embarrassment, and guilt defeat happiness.”[1] It … Continued
What is success?
I was back at our weekly meeting last week (we have a weekly meeting for those people in our area who have mental wellness challenges), and various people spoke of their issues. Strangely, my topic of discussion was my … Continued
Money does not buy Happiness
I was in a group recently and one of the fellows was upset that he wasn’t successful. After talking with him for some period of time the group realized that his definition of success meant earning more money that … Continued