Author Archives: gmjc1966

CONFIDENCE. It’s a commodity that sadly not all of us have but, with the right amount of personal reflection, we can grow into it. Personally, I have suffered from self-confidence and self-esteem issues from a very young age. Why this is so is unknown to me for the most part – I guess I haveContinue reading “You are, you have and you will”

It is said that there are only 2 certainties in life – death and taxes. Whilst this is true, I think I want to add one more – you have total heartbreak when you don’t get to see your kids every day. I’ve been separated for over 3 and a half years and divorced forContinue reading “It’s never easy – but stay strong”

There are many facets of life where we have a choice to make between doing good and choosing a nastier, even downright dangerous alternative, or just in fact walking away. Some people are naturally better than others at turning the other cheek or brushing off adversity and anything adversarial that may happen in their lives.Continue reading “What good will that do?”

Everyone has their trials and tribulations throughout their life, and how we cope with it is often an individual thing. It’s what we do to learn from these difficult times that can make the difference as to how much we learn. For me, I couldn’t start to really gain anything from my past experiences –Continue reading “Helping others can help you”

Following on from my previous post Äccept and live I have a tale to tell where my motto has become Accept and LEARN. I work in a very highly scrutinised area and lead a very self driven team. I can rely on them to do their jobs as they are all well educated adults, howeverContinue reading “Accept and LEARN”

Acceptance. What is it? I think that it all depends on the circumstances. My old friend the Oxford Dictionary variously sums it up as ä willingness to accept conditions or circumstances”, and also ä willingness or ability to tolerate”. It is fair for me to say that I have been through a heck of aContinue reading “Accept and live”

I read a quote today that said “Judge a man’s character by how he treats people he does not know, and things he does not own”. I don’t know when this quote was made or who made it, but that is irrelevant. What is important is the message that it holds. I was raised toContinue reading “Measure your own man”

We all get broken sometimes. Bad things happen to everyone at some point in life and it is how we deal with it that creates the healing required to fix ourselves afterwards. In my own life, I have lost 2 siblings to ways other than the end of their natural lives. I am divorced –Continue reading “The tools to fix yourself”

Life is a constant challenge, and particularly so at the moment with the world trying to deal and learn to live with COVID-19. There is always something around the corner to stress you out, and it is important to know that you can deal with anything that comes your way. My most stressful time isContinue reading “How to address the stress”

Today, Sunday 10 October , is World Mental Health Day. There is the old saying that to really know someone you should walk a mile in their shoes. A condition of being human is that we are all different, we have all had differing experiences in life and varying levels of fortune, or misfortune. HowContinue reading “Think first”