Category: Motivation
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Yellow
Cyberbullying To be ‘yellow-bellied’ or simply ‘yellow’ is to be cowardly or easily scared. This word originally applied to birds that literally have a yellow belly, like the yellow-bellied sapsucker. From there, it came to mean an insult for cowards (Wikipedia). Moreover, from the late middle Ages, yellow had been associated with falsehood, treason and…
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The Upside-Down
How do you react to change? Do you face Change head on, or do you feel anxious, sad, depressed, confused and in many cases angry when faced with a Change in personal life or worklife? “One of the most undeniable facts in life is Change. Change is inevitable, and those who accept, cope and adapt…
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Don’t struggle, just float
The best way to swim is not to struggle and let your body relax. The moment you relax and loosen up your body, it automatically starts floating. The more you struggle in the water, the more difficult it will be to stay afloat. In a sense, the continuous struggle increases the weight of your body and your body will be…
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Survival of the busiest
What is the most common problem faced by people during the covid-19 pandemic? Is it not being able to use their skills to do what they have been trained to do because they have lost their job, and that causes severe stress and anxiety? Actually, NO… The real source of stress and anxiety is not…
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Get Physical (Not literally)
The title of this article is quite subjective so, before people start reading it, I must clarify right in the beginning that this article is not about getting intimate (although that can be the best physical activity 😜but no, this article is not about that). The other day a 39 something had a stroke. He…
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Soloness
*This is my perspective as a first-time visitor to Canada. Sept 2020 – What does loneliness mean to you? This article is about the fantastic people I have met in Canada so far. Seeing a homeless man share his coins with another homeless person activated my writing buds for this article. He was himself a homeless and collected coins from people,…
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A Ray of Hope
Quarantine is defined as a state, period, or place of isolation, a restriction placed on people or animals who have been exposed to some infectious or contagious disease. This part deals with my quarantine experience. I don’t intend to criticize this practice since it is one of the necessary measures to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The COVID-19 pandemic crippled the world economy. The…