So Close Yet So Far?
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison. Isn’t this so very true; at no point are we closer to succeeding than at the...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Cake
How good is cake! Unfortunately I don’t eat enough of the stuff but when I stop to really think about it, how can anyone ever eat enough cake? Best not to answer that.,, To make a cake, it takes a...
View ArticleAm I Lazy?
Okay so this might seem like a bit of a random blog, which it is, but it follows on from a series of very poignant thoughts I’ve been having over the last week or two. Am I lazy? While I am absolutely…
View ArticleA Word On Hope
There’s the way we want things to happen and then there’s the way things need to happen. Sometimes the enduring conflict between these two opposing forces is the only thing stopping us from making the...
View ArticleHaving The Conversation
Saturday presented to me another new, unique and rather challenging experience. As I went to bed Friday night I couldn’t help but feel a little bit nervous as my mind raced through all of the...
View ArticleAn [Unwanted] Reminder Of The Fragility Of Life
They say the greatest gift we can ever receive in life is life itself. We live in a world where we are seemingly always left wanting more; a world where frustrations are founded on mere trivialities...
View ArticleReasons To Be Cheerful
Earlier this year I came across the expression, ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’. At the time I was spending the afternoon volunteering at the local youth centre helping out with some of the activities for the...
View ArticleVideo: Acne Is A Bitch
Acne is a topic that I’m very passionate about. So much so that I spent hours trying to write a blog about just how great an impact it has had on my life though felt the passion not coming through the...
View ArticleAnxiety Explained For Friends Who Might Not Understand
‘The moments you think I’ve given up are the moments I’m fighting the hardest.’ Okay, so I didn’t turn up to work today. You might think I’ve let my battles overcome me. You might even think they’ve...
View Article10 Simple Ways To Better Manage The ‘Bad Days’
Conquering depression or anxiety is no overnight fix. Often it will take many years. And even then there will still be times in which the pressures of the life cause us to feel a little down in the...
View ArticleHow Then Am I Meant To Reply?
Diary Excerpt: 12:50PM – 10 October 2013 You haven’t seen nor spoken to me in weeks. Now you ask me how I am? How am I meant to reply? That day we last spoke I was doing okay. I was riding a high. I...
View ArticleReasons To Be Cheerful
Earlier this year I came across the expression, ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’. At the time I was spending the afternoon volunteering at the local youth centre helping out with some of the activities for the...
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