The Bra Street Rambler

Alright so the title is likely a line you have all heard many times growing up. The word grounding has quite the negative connotation to most but getting grounded is actually quite important if you can get pasts the memories of standing in corners or being sent to your room. The grounding I am referring to actually has little to do with punishment and all to do with finding balance. I am of course referencing the importance of grounding ourselves emotionally when life sets us off balance.   Think of the relaxed feeling you get while working on a hobby, of the high you get from working out, or the peaceful satisfaction you get from completing a puzzle.   Lately, me and mine have been experiencing some difficult times. You know those times, times when it feels like anything and everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Those not so awesome times when everything just starts hitting you all at once and your bed starts to seem like a wonderfully inviting ...

My mother always says that I was born 60 going on 16. You see, I was the child that ran across the street every eight hours to make sure my neighbour took his pills on time. As a teenager, I still took care of those around me, mothered the kids I had been babysitting since I had started babysitting at ten years old, and I never drank let alone went out to parties. My poor mother tried to get me to go out and be a normal teenage girl but I was far more content to stick my nose in a book or work multiple jobs. Now that I am an adult, I have finally I learned to act like a kid, to be spontaneous and carefree. Only now I notice that everyone around me seems to have forgotten what it was like to be silly.   What a crying shame!   As we get older and face an even larger variety of stress inducers, as more and more of our mail becomes bills and work becomes even more demanding, I think we need now, more than ever, to just... remember.   Remember ...

What is a taboo? A taboo is a topic that society has deemed inappropriate to discuss or  inquire  about. Translation: a taboo is society restricting us from attaining understanding and acceptance regarding things that are not yet considered the status quo. Taboos were once an aspect of propriety, one did not discuss ones personal affairs with others. If it was not the norm shared by all, it ought not be spoken of because one ought not bother decent people with their shameful secrets. That was then, this is now. Now, we are finding that those things once considered ''shameful secrets'' are actually very commonly shared throughout the population. We now know that discussing these things helps individuals to accept themselves and their circumstances, and that making these conversations the norm helps society as a whole to accept the differences in individuals that add variety and spice to an otherwise dull and cookie cutter life.  They say you gain wisd...

To most of us, our cell phones have become an extra limb. A necessity in maintaining organization in our otherwise hectic lives. They serve as our alarm clock in the morning, as our agenda and schedule throughout the day, and as our source of entertainment during breaks and at night. They are our camera and our photo album, our music player, our Googler, and our connection to those around us.  As you may have read in my previous posts, I recently traveled to the Amazon in Peru. Naturally, a lot of planning went into the contents of my phone.  I transferred my photos and videos from my phone to make room for more, making sure of course to leave a few photos of family, friends, and of course my cat Simi, for when I inevitably became homesick. I transferred my upbeat music for flights, and my reiki music for helping me sleep.   I assured my worried mother that I would utilize BBM and Skype as often as possible to check in and would post an intere...