Simple happiness for me this week was finding a fully hinged colourful shell on a Vanuatu island beach. It was perfectly different and as I gazed at its colour and markings I became aware that maybe there were many exactly or almost the same shells with these DNA marks.
Deep Breathing to Help Relieve Stress
Love Yourself, Banish Your Demons
Becoming a Better Person
The Awakening of Love
Intimacy Means Trust
Resolve Negative Habits
Healing Emotional Wounds
Time
A day, a week, a year...!
Of course you changed. You grew up while you were away. You learnt to think for yourself, make decisions, be responsible for your choices and accountable for the outcomes. It is called experience. While you were away, you also began to forge a path towards your dreams, discover your strengths, your true-life purpose... not the path others wanted you to take.
Deliberate Distorted Truths
There have possibly always been distortions of truth...
Consider the example of this international children's game.
Players form a line, and the first player comes up with a message and whispers it to the ear of the second and subsequent people in the line. When the last player is reached, they announce the message they heard to the entire group. The first person then compares the original message with the final version.