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Changes

http://www.shanemyersphoto.com/mostpopular/e68e78bdd Changes. This is constant. Nothing else is as certain as this. Everything and everyone experiences changes. We all know this and yet we resist. As much as change is consistent, fear of change comes along for the ride. Very recently, I experienced how much changes can affect people on a large scale. We all believe that change is necessary when situations are not exactly ideal. However, mere talk of change can bring about hysteria in a massive scale. Just think about all the social media messages that get passed around when something changes. People start panicking and the next thing you know messages turn into gossip and all the negative 'what ifs' come out to play havoc. "What if this happens? What if that is said?" can also be used rather positively. For example "What if I try this new food and I love it?" or "What if I go out today and meet someone new who might just tu...

Masks

Are we the same with everyone? The way we talk, react or respond. This is something I never really thought about until recently. And I asked myself that question. The answer is, no I am not. I admit I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know if it’s a good or bad thing but it's a fact. We are not the same with different groups of people. With our family we are different, with friends, colleagues or neighbours, we are different and same goes for strangers. We might be gentle loving souls with, or totally detached from, family. With friends a different and wild side of us emerges. Now the funny thing here is, we are also different with different groups of friends. With some, we are totally comfortable and outspoken and discuss dirty little secrets and with some others we just have fun, joke around and entertain each other. Then there is a group we keep at a distance. The friends we are not really close with but you have known them for ages.   We are constan...