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Thursday, der 1. October 2020Sunday, der 1. November 2020

Do you Absolutely Need People?

Mental illness is a debilitating and lonely battle for those who are cursed with it. I have come to the realization that a major component of these illnesses is the feeling of being utterly alone. Battling feelings of low self-esteem and self-worth, anxiety, depression and other symptoms is extremely difficult. Imagine all of the above coupled with extreme loneliness. Yet, it appears that one of the tell-tale signs of mental illness is the tendency to alienate loved ones. Why? isn’t this the time when we need people the most?

Saturday, der 19. September 2020Saturday, der 19. September 2020

Villain or Victim?

Is it ok for me to get into the same line of business as my friend?

Imagine that Jack and Andrew have been friends for years. Jack has always been a chef with his own moderately successful catering business. Andrew, an office manager, has always had a knack for cooking and suddenly decides that he wants a career change. He decides to go to culinary school and becomes a successful and much sought-after chef. Did Andrew do something that can mean the end of a good friendship with Jack?

I’m always a bit annoyed and critical of someone who copies something I did, my thought is – where is their originality? If on the other hand, they told me they liked what I did and wanted to try it, I would happily help them get it done while eliminating any mistakes I had made. That’s a little weird right? You would think so, but there is a quote of seeming unknown origin that says “Good artists copy; great artists steal”; meaning that a copycat duplicates what you did but someone who improves on what you did owns it.

Saturday, der 12. September 2020Friday, der 2. October 2020

Nicole’s Story – Trouble in Deuces

It’s a fact of life that the universe habitually throws you pairs of everything. My granny bless her heart, always warned me about that. Gran passed on a long time ago but her words still ring true, trouble comes in deuces. Some things like misfortune or bad luck as we say, seem to come in twos and this was certainly true for Nicole. One misfortune was promptly followed by the next and those two events started an avalanche of other events that created an entirely new reality for her.

In the weeks following the funeral, Nicole wondered when she was going to wake up from what seemed like a horribly long nightmare. She wished she would wake to the sound of her dad’s deep baritone or his familiar bark of laughter that always made her smile. Instead, she developed a morning ritual; she got out of bed each morning and immediately headed to the kitchen to start the coffee.