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International Day of Happiness is celebrated on Wednesday, March 20. I am going to celebrate it because I have a lot to be happy for. It has taken me a long time, with a lot of hou...
My name is Mark. The chief reason why I choose to recall the horrors which I try to forget is to give real hope to people like I was when no real hope was offered by most doctors a...
Hey, I have no idea really what I’m doing on here as I’ve never done this before.
I just feel like I’m struggling a lot lately. So I’m gonna write about mys...
Quit comparing
As the saying nearly goes, comparisons have always been odious, but never more so than in the age of social media. Navigating the digital world is so challenging tha...
Escaping your comfort zone
A coldish evening and I am back from a class on how to give a presentation, cradling a mug of celebratory hot chocolate. Even the thought of the lesson h...
Seeing afresh
It’s the weekend, and a cousin has brought her three-year-old daughter, Hannah, for lunch. She is playing with our pink pig salt shaker on the kitchen table, pi...
Celebrating
As someone with school-age children, I am still in a world of milestones and congratulatory moments: certificates, the odd cup (well, one awarded to a son for his &ls...
Socialising and friendships
There’s a joy to voluntary solitude when we happily spend time with ourselves. No one put it better than the poet, William Wordsworth:
When from o...
Enjoying simple pleasures
One of my simple pleasures is scraping the chocolate froth off the top of a cappuccino in my local cafe?. It’s a small delight that sets my heart be...
Smiling and laughing
My niece is still at that delightful age when she laughs at her own jokes. She recently shared a few of her latest offerings: how many tickles does it take to ...
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