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How are you Brave?
My first response was to recall a scene from the film “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. One of the gunslingers fighting for the villagers has a go at the youngsters in the village. They say their fathers unlike the gunslinger are cowards. He firmly and passionately explains how their fathers are brave. They
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What do I want to achieve for 2023?
To actually write on a regular basis. As usual there is more than one thing I wish to write. I need to prepare for NaNoWriMo. I have an ebook on how to plot a novel in 3 hours. I need to read the book and then plot my novel for NaNoWriMo 2023. I need to
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8 Existential questions we all need to answer
Erik Erikson developed an eight stage model of human development. At each stage we find the answer to an existential question. If we do not we still go on to the next stage. Also as life happens we change our answers to these questions. So what are the questions. “Can I trust the world” is
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Recovery Temptations
About now is the season of Lent. This is when the Church remembers Jesus fasting for 40 days and 40 nights in the dessert and then Satan tempts Him. These temptations of Jesus parallel the temptations faced by someone on a recovery journey. Temptation 1 – turn stone into bread. Settling for instant gratification. e.g. using our
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The card suite audit
Some one described life as a game. In my family that I grew up in that would be a game of cards. So I thought about a deck of cards. A deck is made of four suites, two are red and two are black. Yes our lives consist of past, present and future. The present
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Desperate measures
For years I have planned to write a course and/or book about recovery. So last year I took early retirement. Money is still a problem so I need to work via a nursing agency. Odd shifts in hospital or 3 months with a community mental health team. The main thrust of my year is to
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Mental Health needs
Your mental health needs physical, emotional, spiritual and financial health. Not excellant health but suffecient. Physical health that does not restrict your activity is well enough even if you need medication or aids to fufill your tasks and protect your life. Emotional and spitirutal health needs to be postive in their effect. Financial health needs
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New Year, Fresh Start
In 2015 I need to work on that which protects my recovery. This is the relationship with my wife. I need to write on this blog, Facebook and Twitter. Mainly I need to write the material that will sell and make money. The money will enable me to do good for the world. Not quite
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Patron Saint for Recovered Persons
Originally I thought to be the saint of come back kings. Then I realised that come back kings are only setting themself up for another fall. Recovering your mental health is not about returning you to where you were before you become unwell. No a recovered person is healthier than they were before coming unwell.
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Writing 101 stream of consciousness
Time is a sparse commodity. When compared to the day there is never enough. Yet when contrasted with your income there always seems too much time after the end of the money. So finding time to blog is hard but needs to be found. For without blogging how will people discover how much I can
Wisdom of David Shenfield
My understanding of life and exhibiting the worlds of my imagination
This site was re-launched as part of Bloganuary 2023.
First Sunday of Month - A description of a walk for you to go on Second Sunday of Month - A reflection on being me Third Sunday of Month - A Theological reflection Fourth Sunday of Month - An aspect of my imaginary world Fifth Sunday of Month - When they occur I will write an opinion blog
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