Although the film received its share of negative criticism and reviews, unless you’ve lost someone close to you, you can’t possibly understand what it’s like. And even if you have, you can’t because loss and grieving is different for everyone.…
I had heard a lot about this movie and was fortunate to go see it this afternoon with some of my family, through my sister’s work. Find out more about Wonder on Wikipedia. The basic premise of the movie is…
[youtube][/youtube] An unlikely friendship develops between a wealthy quadriplegic and his caretaker, who was just released from prison. This movie is in french and is on Netflix, with subtitles. You’ll notice it for the first 5-10 minutes but once the…
by Dr. Kent M. Keith People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true…
On May 17, 2001, the worst thing that could have happened, happened in the lives of me and my family. My mom died. For about the next 10 years, I was in so much pain and I was so scared…
Why is love like karate? If you look at how the ranking system works in karate, there are different colours of obis (which is like a belt) which represents the level one has achieved. While many schools have their own unique…
Beautiful. Sad. Real. Haunting. Inspiring. Tragic. The moral of the movie… Happiness [is] only real when shared.
There are 2 approaches to dating – physical and emotional. There are many ways to meet people today but you can categorize them in 2 ways – online and in real life. The problem with meeting someone online is that…
Be giving of yourself to the person you are with. What you give to them, you will get back. If you give love, you will get love back. If you give hate, you will get hate back. Step out of…
The good thing about telling the truth is that you don’t have to think and can just tell it like it is. The bad thing about telling the truth is that you don’t have to think and can sometimes say…
Some would say there’s a fine line between passion and obsession. First of all, what is the difference? I found a great explanation that I will use here to frame the rest of this post. Passion – when people admire…
For those who know me well, you know what happened to my family on May 17, 2001. We lost our sister, our wife, our daughter, our friend, my mom, Debbie McLeod. Tomorrow it will have been 10 years since she…
I’ve always been told I was positive and optimistic. I believe that people are inherently good. There was some doubts in myself based on some past experiences. Doubts about love. Doubts about my future. But there was a moment a…
How many times has a friend said that to you? If you’ve ever been through a tough time, I’m sure you’ve heard it a lot. Or if you’ve had friends going through a tough time, I’m sure you’ve said it…
Compromise isn’t a bad thing. Although it can be, the type of compromise I’m talking about is healthy compromise. First of all, what does compromise mean? According to Merriam Webster online, the definition which I find applicable is something intermediate…
How do you know if you’re doing the right things in order to be happy? How do you know if you’re doing the right job? How do you know if you have the right friends? How do you know if…
“Don’t let someone become a priority in your life when you are just an option in theirs.” Wow, I saw this quote on someone’s status on Facebook last week and it struck a huge chord. Why spend so much time…
I find it interesting that when we follow our heart it can tend to contradict what our head is saying; and vice versa. How do we truly know what is right? I like to think that what our heart says…
So a friend of mind had the following on her msn name: “What makes a man walk away from his mind?” It’s a lyric from the City and Colour song “What Makes a Man”. Since she said to me “Think…
by Sonny Carroll A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out…ENOUGH! Enough fighting…