Conquering Self

There are some people who are exceptionally good at prioritising, whether at work or in their private lives. They just seem to have that sense of the important, and get on with it.

Having spent the early part of last night worrying about my 91 year old mother in hospital, I spent a little while today considering the futility of worry.

We all suffer from insecurity at times, but we don’t have to let our insecurities rule us.

Prompted by a comment by Jenny Elliot on my recent blog on encouragement, I decided to consider what things we sometimes expect from others that are unrealistic.

Loneliness is a feeling – not a fact.

Following on from Monday’s blog, I’ve been thinking about fear of failure.

It is normal to feel angry from time to time, when we are ill-treated, put down or wronged, but anger really becomes a problem if we harm others or ourselves.

We live in a society that is constantly connected. If we are on our own somewhere, we are not truly alone if we have the mobile phone with us.

In my early teens I was painfully shy.