Somethings you have to go one step back in order to go two steps forward.


Things are going along nicely for a change. You’ve had a revelation. You’ve reached an epiphany and suddenly things are flow and life is good. It can only get better from here on in. Then suddenly, without warning, you find yourself back at square one. Things feel just as bad, if not worse, and you…

Know an empath? Why not tell them they are one?


There’s a lot to be said about empaths. There are so many about, and it seems that many don’t even know they are one. I have to wonder about how much difference it would make to this world is all the empaths were self-realized. Imagine, for a moment, that there is someone you know who…

Old dog, new tricks for longevity.


Longevity in dogs. Large dogs are prone to health problems. I’m told that the majority don’t live past 11 or 12 years of age. It’s rare to get to 13 and above. Today our Doberman, Jerry, celebrates his 14th birthday, and he’s not doing too badly. Yes, he’s slowed down a lot, but he still…

I think you out to know I’m feeling very depressed – Marvin, the paranoid android.


Empaths and depression While Marvin, from The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy was by no stretch of the imagination an empath, he certainly was depressed, though in my opinion, not paranoid. Depression is a really big problem of empaths. It is massive. Unless you have suffered from depression, you can’t imagine just how soul destroying and…