Author Archives: gmjc1966

A few weeks ago, just before I was about to play competition golf this particular day, I was chatting with a fellow club member who had just prior to that day turned 90. Let’s call him Bill. I’m not sure what got us on to the topic, but we started out chatting about life inContinue reading “It’s all about people”

The Saturday before last, my 15yo son had a school mate of his come over to my place so they could hang out together for the day. In case you don’t know, I am a divorced father of 2 teenagers and have 50/50 custody of them with their Mum. Now my son had had hisContinue reading “How do I – or should I – feel?”

Since my teen years I have battled with wanting to be accepted, either by a particular group of people or to be seen as being good enough at something and therefore gain acceptance that way. For whatever reason I never saw myself as being particularly good at anything and have felt that how I amContinue reading “Reason or excuse?”

I have mentioned many times in my previous posts that at some point in my teens I began to feel the need to be accepted, and at the time not really being sure of what it was that I wanted to be accepted as or for. I also never had a really positive opinion ofContinue reading “Does it REALLY matter?”

Every story has 2 sides, but not everything that happens in this world necessarily has an explanation. When it comes to my story and of where I am today, I can tell you my side of the story but for whatever reason was never given a specific reason as to why I was no longerContinue reading “I’m not sure why….”

I am sure that those of you who have read any of my previous posts will know that I have always struggled with how I view myself and have lacked a real sense of positivity about myself for the majority of my life, starting around my mid teens. My son has recently turned 15 andContinue reading “Notes to self”

I wrote a few days ago about how it is nothing shameful to be human, to show human frailty and make mistakes. I was – and still am – committed to unburdening myself from any feelings of shame over the mistakes I have made and situations I have placed myself in the past because ofContinue reading “Shame on me”

So why is it that we – and most definitely I – beat ourselves up about things when they don’t go according to our plans, expectations or wishes? It is a situation that I drop myself into on constantly, often without sufficient honest reflection of the particlar situation as to why I did the thingsContinue reading “It’s not shameful to be human”

For pretty much my whole life, and certainly since I hit my teens, I have struggled to feel like I am really good at anything and was always seeking some form of connection or inclusion with others. Where does this vision or opinion of myself stem from? I’m not too sure but I cannot blameContinue reading “What is ‘the best version of myself’?”

I read a quote the other day that said “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” Whilst this quote was not attributed to any specific individual, I feel that it is a wonderful way to look at how you go through life, and how you handle adversity and theContinue reading “All things great start small”