One in Five. While there are slight fluctuations either side, that is the global estimate of those who are very or fairly lonely. Young people are more likely to be lonely than older people, and those

I always find having a bit of perspective useful. Getting a little distance to see the whole canvas before adding more paint, or putting complicated processes into a story that connects the dots. When

I oft wonder what kind of trauma I carry from childhood. As despite somewhat being okay now, I also know that in order to survive life to this point, I have had to push a lot of things to the side and

Words out of Silence Never silent always chattering, whispers in the ear I hear them so clearly, spill from somewhere inside Many voices of the past, and the words I fear to speak The person who I was,

For the first time in a couple years, I participated in a lesson at the gym. It was only a half hour flexibility session, but I was pretty sweaty after. Unlike many men, I do stretch, but I am not very

So we had a bit of an issue recently.. the shower packed in, or actually the shower packed in twice! First time was about 3 months back and we quickly got a 'spark' out to diagnose the problem and get

That was a pretty fun event. I didn't know what this running race was prior to going and expected Smallsteps to be running against a couple other school's kids in some kind of final. Instead, there were

And hello, September. I may not know what lies ahead, but I am here.

We have always tried to encourage Smallsteps to be physically active and since we have largely kept her away from screens, she spends a fair time outside playing about. However, I myself haven't been anywhere

Reflexión

A friend has been sending me messages looking for advice on buying a house. I am not really the person for such advice, but I guess he wanted some perspective because he is up in the air as to whether

That was a good wedding. I am tired from it though. What I liked about this particular wedding was while there were some speeches, there wasn't a lot of program. Instead, the focus was more on people spending

Some random reflections on life and contentment, on the morning of my 66th birthday...

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

There are experiences that can only be understood by going through them personally. We know that life is not easy; there are no simple ways to bypass fear and the feeling of being unprotected. Every time

For the second time in my life, today I will wear a bowtie. They call it a "mirri" in Finnish, which also means cat - I suppose because it is a bit like whiskers. I didn't own a bowtie because

How difficult it is to open one’s heart Photo of My propiety Hello, friends of Reflections . As usual, I’m sharing a reflective piece on the processes we often go through when we decide to heal. Because

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might