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I read a quote recently, which was anonymous. It said: “You have no reason to compare yourself to anyone.” This is such a true statement, but it is a mantra that I have always struggled with in my life. I’ve never been able to understand why I have done this in the past, and whichContinue reading “By whose standards are you judging yourself?”

I believe that all things happen for a reason, and that there are many things to be grateful for and that are worth remembering or commemorating. I am not talking about anything materialistic. These are meaningful personal, human remembrances. Events and people that took place in my life and for various reasons bring levels ofContinue reading “April Remembrances”

It is often a difficult thing to place ourselves on one side of the Nature v Nurture theory. According to Dr Google: “Nature is what people think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Nuture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception, eg. the productContinue reading “Life reboot”

I am a godfather. My niece, my goddaughter, turned 32 today. I think back to when my sister asked me to be a godparent and remember being absolutely stoked to be given the honour, and of being seen as someone who could be a role model for her as she grew up. Looking up theContinue reading “A guiding light”

Attitude. What is it? The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary defines it as a settled opinion or way of thinking, ie. an attitude of the mind. An example of this is your self-esteem. If you have a positive self-esteem – that is, a positive attitude – you will develop a good opinion of yourself. Conversely, ifContinue reading “To improve your mood, you’ve gotta upturn the ‘tude!”

For as long as I can remember, I have been very hard on myself. Since I was a teenager I have developed and lived with a lack of self-esteem that at times has been crippling. I am not sure of the trigger for this from my adolescent days but I saw myself as lesser inContinue reading “I must be doing something right”

“The real bravery in today’s world is doing for each other what is right and proper.” This is a quote from the character Billy O’Shannassy in Bryce Courtenay’s novel “Matthew Flinders’ cat.” In the book, Billy is a once-upon-a-time successful barrister whose marriage falls apart when he takes to the bottle. Billy had demons fromContinue reading “A Brave Life”

We go through life having interactions with others in many different situations. From all of these interactions we can learn something new, things that can help guide us through our increasingly complicated lives. All of these interactions – what I call “life events” – have the ability, possibility and potential to be life CHANGING events.Continue reading “Friendship”

Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted and there’s been a bit going on. Life presents each of us with many a challenge, and it is how we face these and come through scarred but stronger on the other side that makes the pain seem worthwhile. For me, themmain thing is the debilitating stressContinue reading “What’s important”

As a great lot of us do, I was trawling through Facebook the other day and one of my FB friends had posted a link to one of those “try this and see what it says” kind of things. As a curious fellow – and with my search for self improvement never ending – IContinue reading “Get to know the real you … and embrace them”