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Walking Through Fire

Posted by: Nina on: November 13, 2012

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Monkey See, Monkey Does at their own risk

Imagine Inner Strength

Posted by: Nina on: November 5, 2012

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finding your inner strength

Tags: arts, boundaries, business decisions, elvis presley, entertainment, Hank Williams, health, inner strength, leaving bad relationships, red flags, relationships, self respect

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen.
I would like to thank the Jaycees for electing me as one of the outstanding young men.
When I was a child, I was a dreamer,
I read comic books and I was the hero in the comic book,
I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie,
So every dream I ever dream has come true a hundred times,
These gentlemen over there, see these type of people who care,
are dedicated,
you realize not possible that they might be building the kingdom
of heaven,
it’s not to far-fetched from reality,
I would like to say that,
I learn very early in life that without a song,
the day would never end,
Without a song, a man ain’t got no friend,
Without a song, the road would never bend,
Without a song, so I keep singing a song.
Thank you.
Goodnight.

– Elvis Presley’s only public speech appearance.

Poetic Justice can be poetically playful…..when you’re a poet anyway

Posted by: Nina on: August 31, 2012

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agoraphobic philosopher says

I say what I mean I mean what I say
I am not mean to ruin your day
you’ve misunderstood what I say

consider there’s considerations at play
sun above earth below another day
blue moon tonight howl and bay

I enjoy the Cowboy Junkies most haunted version of this song and while Elvis was hardly the only one who recorded that song, I think his is the most heart rendering version. Sorta like kd lang’s Halleluh is the best version of the Leonard Cohen song, because only her version captures the rapture and the kink subtext of the bible story.

so really, as a writer, I can tell you that you can’t really understand anything until you can understand the subtext and nuances.

and, as a person in trauma recovery. I can also tell you all that unless a person can understand nuance and subtext…. You really can’t understand anything around you.

In some ways, having people treat you like you are normal is the worst thing ever, because you are not normal and your responses are not normal and your understanding of what’s going on around you is not normal. Your perceptions are altered and it’s difficult for people who have not been through trauma or depression to understand that.

I am grateful every day to my roommates Rhonda and Lorne who support and accommodate my strange behaviours and remind me every day of who I used to be and they celebrate with me, throughout the day, the person that I have now become.

I am grateful every day to my online support system of friends too, some of whom I have known for almost 20 years over various sites, http://www.zoetrope.com and http://www.thewritersbuilding.org! YEAH WRITERS and more recent friends on Facebook of all places.

Yeah facebook! cheaper than therapy, but not as fun as bubble wrap! LOL

Tags: drama, entertainment, friends, gaming, literature, mental-health, online friends, philosopher, poem, recovery process, support system, travel, well being, wellness, writer

Dearest Readers of Living Well

Posted by: Nina on: August 30, 2012

In: Cats and Dogs | Healthy Body | Healthy Home | spirituality & wellness
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Agoraphobic Philosopher says:

People post a lot of things on facebook that reveal an awful lot about themselves as people. More often than not, far more than they ever release.

So one thing that I have noticed that people post about is their challenges in life.

So I would like to share one of mine.

Today I learned that the absolutely most scary combination of words to say in the whole of the English Language, whatever version of English that you use.

I am scared and I need help.

And the reason I know that is because I just had a panic attack that was so mild and safe for me, that I was finally able to WHISPER THOSE WORDS in the safety of my bedroom, in my own house that I share with Rhonda K. Jackson and Lorne Szmek and their daughter Dayel.

Because Lorne has gone to work and Rhonda’s sleeping. So I am the responsible adult in the house for a nine year old child and I can’t be having crying sobbing screaming running around the house in a panic kind of attack under the circumstances.

So being responsible to other people in addition to being in a loving and supportive environment with Rhonda who I worked with 12 years ago at another abusive corporate culture department. I mean, I am at home on disability from Department number 7 of the ones that I worked at over 13 years.

and it amazing to me to see the difference in health, physically at least that is discernible from the two videos.

but the happiest video that I made was this one for my Mom, doing my Grandmother’s favorite song and I sang it in my best Anne Murray!

I’ve been getting so much practise with story telling and joking around with my roommates that I have really gotten my sense of humour back – and that’s the most critical element to mental health. That I even tried to work out a actual stand up comedian routine so I made a comedy video, based on a short script that I had written several years ago for a now defunt Vancouver acting comedy group, The Sweet Tarts.