Note. 2021 was an interesting year for me. It brought me a lot of lessons that I had never encountered before and I’m writing about some of them below. Part 1 focuses on dealing with tough times, emotions, the health of the mind, and one’s sense of self 1. 🕯️Deliberately choose hope. Sometimes, you can’tContinue reading “11 things I learned about dealing with challenges, emotions, & mental health in 2021 (pt. 1 of 3)”
Tag Archives: depression
creating meaningful moments during tough times
Lately, I’ve been realizing that in life sometimes when we get hit by hard times they might not end as soon as we’d like. Maybe you have to deal with something for 1, 2, 5, 13 years or even longer. That leaves a lot of room for wallowing in your pain or suffering. Is thereContinue reading “creating meaningful moments during tough times”
Two effective ways to fight off depression
Depression has a remarkable way of making you feel like everything about yourself, your life, and this world is horribly beyond repair. Waves of depression can completely shift your thinking into a negative, heavy, and hopeless state of mind where no solutions to your problems can be seen anymore. Besides trying to take care ofContinue reading “Two effective ways to fight off depression”
thoughts on the living dead (poem)
We mourn the people who are dead Putting flowers on their graves And sending up prayers for them . But what of those Who are the living dead? . Sometimes it’s hard to see the glaze in their eyes behind their bright smiles Smiles they conjure up to avoid unnecessary questions Questions asked by strangersContinue reading “thoughts on the living dead (poem)”
sky (poem)
always the optimist, never saw the empty glass eyes so hopeful, never felt the broken wings heart and soul so in the clouds, never saw reality for dreams heartbeat so loud, forgot to hear my own pain. . I’m still on the ground, I see now that my eyes are opening . but I knowContinue reading “sky (poem)”
a short poem on hope
Hey if the sun shines now, how long till the shadows of the night make their gloomy appearance again? and if the night rolls around, how long till the daylight illuminates everything again? you keep turning in your bed asking questions you don’t have answers to … My friend, What if this cycle of lightContinue reading “a short poem on hope”
ladder rungs
Sometimes, it feels like you’re falling, and the longer you keep falling, the darker your surroundings become. Like the ground just got swept out from under your feet and there is nothing that will help you get back up. Like there are no more options left to try. Sometimes, it feels like there is noContinue reading “ladder rungs”
park bench thoughts
I visited a park last winter on one snowy and early morning, and I wanted to record my thoughts and observations that came up from that visit. This visit was during the days when I was going through a wave of depression that was sucking a lot of hope out of me. So I gotContinue reading “park bench thoughts”
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