These are the waves of life. There are periods where we are on top of the wave, experiencing the amazing aspects and times life has to offer, feeling on top of the world, and having a great time. And then there are periods where the wave crashes, where we find ourselves underwater, crashed up on the shore, and struggling once again. It sucks to be on these up and down cycles, but that is what life is about it.

It is only appropriate to follow-up a post “On Death” (previous post) with one focusing on Life, which is what we do know, that we are alive here on Earth today and in this moment. Life can be viewed here in a number of ways. Let’s begin with some demographics about life here on Earth. Source: http://www.worldometers.info/world-population […]

What a challenging topic to write about! It is a topic that we all confront many times during our life, and ultimately with ourselves. Yet, this topic is rarely discussed with the possible exception of during funerals. Many subscribe to various religious beliefs on death to give them some degree of comfort when dealing with […]

One of the real frustrations I have is how this topic gets played out in the press. Even more frustrating is the lack of empathy, awareness or understanding many have, even in the medical and education field where you would expect greater levels of knowledge, expertise and compassion. We are susceptible to what we hear, […]

What does love mean to someone who has been abused mentally, physically and/or emotionally? The words from Tina Turner’s song come to mind. A shared characteristic of humanity, no matter what gender you are, what color your skin is, where you live or were born, is that we want to love and be loved. There […]

Thanks everyone for being a part of my blog this past year. It was fun to understand the scope of our readers via the annual report that WordPress provides (see link below to view more if interested). My plans for 2016 are to continue to write posts on the topic of personal growth and self-discovery. […]

Think of the spectrum of emotions we can experience. Everything from elation, love to anger and fear. Emotions can be very challenging to deal with. A great example of this is FEAR.  At its most challenging state, it hits to our very core, fearing for our life, and causing a fight or flight response. And yet it […]

My last post focused on Loneliness. It started by guessing what % of humanity both dealt with or is currently dealing with loneliness. I begin this post with a similar guess. First, I am defining “hardship” in this case to refer to chronic situations where a person in large part, struggles or endures a challenging circumstance that […]

If we were to freeze frame the world right now, how many of the 7 billion plus would be experiencing some form of loneliness in this moment? Whether it is lying alone in a hospital bed, walking the streets aimlessly, in an unhealthy relationship, grieving the loss or suffering of a loved one, feeling alone in […]

So, how did you do so far? Learn anything? If so, I would love to hear from you. Okay, let’s continue… Though often difficult, force-ranking can help explain why certain changes impact us more than others because it allows us to understand what we think is most important. This exercise can be transcribed to nearly […]