Can You Hide From Your Own Shadow?
When I first encountered depression I remember not being too happy with myself. I didn’t like the situation I felt forced to be in. I didn’t like that I had to struggle. I didn’t like being...
View ArticleDo Bad Habits Come Naturally?
I smoked cigarettes for a decade of my life. Some people do Yoga or Tai Chi to relax and stay calm, I ‘did’ cigarettes. Smoking awakened my mind in the morning, refreshed my mind after a nice meal,...
View ArticleEnergy, Enthusiasm, and Colors--Zapped...
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another humanbeing. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.” --Albert...
View ArticleBefore I Forget to Remind You...
“A great thought wandering through a complex mind... is forgotten” - Russ Small (Grade 4)It’s hard to believe these profound words came from me over two decades ago. The sentence stuck with me ever...
View ArticleCan I Have Your Permission Please?
Gandhi said “No one can hurt me without my permission”.Permission - denotes approval for a course of action that is granted by one in authority. To give permission is to give consent, to permit, to...
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The Little Things - Part I
Just wanted to post some thoughts about where I am in 2012 compared to where I was when diagnosed with my mental illness 15 years ago.THEN: When I weighed over 270 lbs after my diagnosis, and being on...
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Let It Out
During the first four summers of my life, my family and I went to a bungalow colony in the Catskill Mountains. Those were times in which I was surrounded by happily married parents, both sets of...
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Band of Sisters
It took only a few months after my parents brought my sister, Alli, home from the hospital that I innocently asked, “When can we bring her back?” At three years old, being the first girl in the...
View ArticleA Week in the Life
Help! I’ve fallen and I don’t want to get up! That was how I felt last week after an unexpected plunge, face first, into the abyss of hopelessness, and with no desire to get out. All rational...
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It's Only Rock and Roll
I started going to rock concerts when I was 11 years old. My parents and their friends were into all the great music from late 60’s and early 70’s—The Rolling Stones, The Doors, CSNY, Janis, Jimi —...
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