Everyone falls at one point in their life. Sometimes the fall is a mental breakdown that leads to a stay on the mental ward of the hospital. The falls that we go through in life, all bring us to a crossroads in our life. There is the question that is given to us, ‘Do we keep going the way we are going, or do we stop and change direction?’ For me I have fallen many times, and the big ones were in 2005 and 2010, both of which came from my mental health problem. In 2005 it was b

What is desire? A simple question to most, however the word desire means only one thing and that is to want something. The items that one wants can vary from a new car to an ice-cold drink. Depending on what these desires are will show the thought process of the person. Are they quick to get what they want or do they take their time in deciding. Over our lives there is the things that we want. It could be a relationship if you are single. It could be a better education into a

We only see the storm that we are in. Never to think that we will make it out. All of the negative things that are in our life comes up every time when we are going through hard times. The storm causes us to become hopeless and depression seeps in. Down into the abyss we fall as if there is no turning back or getting back on trach so to say. The storm clouds that have come over us are from our past and the present moment as we deal with the sudden end of our life must be clos

In our lives, we face all types of changes. They come in all forms and sizes; from the first steps we take to leaving our childhood home. When we are faced with any change, it is the learning of the lesson that is being taught. There are many reasons we change, and the big one is that we are growing as a person. Within all changes there are both good and bad that come from each one. It could be a change of job to the one in which you have always wanted, however, to take the j

Release from what? That is the question I have been thinking about lately. Looking back on my life I have let many things go. All of them hard choices that have had to be made. Over the past few years since my retirement in 2020 have not been the need to make any major decision. Release can mean different things to may people. For some it could be giving yourself to religion. This change can happen at any time as we search for answers when we are at the end of our line. Somet

It is like I have lived this life I have over and over again. Like a repeating track that I am unable to change. Every night I go to sleep and my life plays out as I slip into a different world, yet to wake the following morning here in my home. What if our dreams are when we die and by waking up the following morning we are in heaven? This is what déjà vu is for me and as a writer who writes a daily journal, I have often wondered what is real and what is just a dream. I have

Artists, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear that term? It is starving, struggling, poor, crazy or maybe creative? To really understand an artist is to step into their world and realize how they think is greatly different than most people. Most of the artist’s, famous and not famous, think as themselves as the hands of God/the Creator where that energy is working through them. We are able to see the artist through their work as they are extension of

It is late in the afternoon as I sit here at the train tracks waiting for the next train to come. Looking down the line, I see the light of an engine as it crosses this prairie landscape. I am taking back into the history of train travel and how it was a key to settling the west here in Canada. At first glance, the train is getting closer as I can hear the horn and then the crossing gates come down. It is a grain train heading for the west coast. As I count the cars, I also t

Over the space of time that we have in this physical world we only have control over how we manage our lives. Time itself is in constant motion, and we can not get back what time has pasted. The fog of time as it only holds to this world because once we leave for the next life it will stop. When life seems to be a blur and we are in a battle to keep up with others in our lives, family and friends, we in a way lose focus on our own life. For this reason, we try to make time fo

In times of struggle there are always those who stand by you. Some are blood and others are our friends who have become blood. Every step we take when we are struggling feels like we are taking on the world. In a way we are, however, it is our world, and the struggles are lessons that we are learning to make us a better person. Sometimes we forget who stood with us over the length of our life. We also forget to thank the ones who have always been there. In life we grow as it

There are things that puzzle us. The future, what has happened in the past and what we are doing in the present moment. Life in general is like a big puzzle because we all have a picture of how and where we want to be in our life. Once we pick up the pieces and start to make the boarders of our puzzle, our drams that we have become the picture on the inside. Everyone’s puzzle is different, and we can only focus on what should be in our own life. It does not matter where we li

Coming to a point in life where we look back on it, we cans see our greatest struggles and achievements. When we were in the struggles, we can see the people who helped us the most and the words they said. During those times we always heard the words that were needed. It’s alright, one of the two words that our closest friends or family would say as they show us how far we have come. In what life has given us in lessons, both from the good and bad, we have grown in many ways.

Ask yourself what you are afraid of. Everyone has fears in their life. Most people do everything they can do to avoid these fears. Some for example are using their fear itself to drive themselves towards their life’s goal, like fuel to propel them in their career. Another one is to motivate them into moving to a new community where there are better opportunities for their family and career. One of the biggest fears is to fail in life. In today’s society there is the way peopl