Archive for October 2022
If you live from your heart, it’s good for your heart
“If you live from your heart, it’s good for your heart!” It’s quite a well-known saying in the village I grew up in, in the Forth Valley of central Scotland. I’ve heard my Mum say it a few times. I think most of us have had the experience that kindness feels good. Some people get…
Read MoreA life spared
He was just a kid. Not long ago, he was doing English, math, and biology at school. How on Earth was he now here, alone, in a strange country, facing the likelihood of being shot and killed?
Read MoreHow I got through depression
I have had a few experiences with depression in my life, but one was particularly rough. It was in 1998 and I was working in the pharmaceutical industry at the time. My job had been in R&D but I had felt lost for a while. I’d recently changed jobs into a broader role in an…
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