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How to stay positive

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This life is tough. Every day, month, year (even second for some people) we face challenges and hardships. These challenges and hardships can overwhelm us with emotions such as anger, sadness, frustration, grief, sorrow, and the like. Why do we get hardships we might ask. We might even compare to somebody who we feel never gets any hardships in his or her life. But how can we really ever know?  I will share my analyses and beliefs with regard to why we have hardships and challenges, as well as the meaning behind them in more detail, in a future post.  In a nutshell, we need to embrace the hard times and challenges. Embracing and seeing the positive side of hardships, as well as taking risks and challenges face on, will always make us grow. Just think about all the stuff you have been through in the past and/or any risks you might have taken on. Don't you feel so much more developed now having gotten through it? Do you feel you have grown as a person? Do you feel a sense of exp...

Why I love writing

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I believe that writing is so good for your soul, health, and well-being. I posted just over a year ago about using this space to analyse, reflect, and write. I admittedly neglected to do that. However, in my defence it has been a busy and eventful year. I was in my journey of love and marrying my soul mate. I was also finishing my NQT year and travelling. Then, of course, I have been enjoying marriage, family, and God's gift of lockdown to us.  Gift? Yeah I said gift. I believe everything happens for a reason. It has been so tragic and horrible to see all the death across the world to COVID-19. That aside, seeing the world shut down, planes stop running, clubs, pubs, spas, hairdressers, restaurants - everything close has actually been so liberating. I think God wanted us to switch off from all of that stuff and just focus on family, love, our soul, and simpler aspects of life.  Hasn't it made people be more creative in activities, art, gardening, worship, love, reading, singin...