Poetry Lovers by B.Demaere

I had like to dedicate this post to all the law enforcement officers, RCMP's, Police officers of every nation on the globe. The reason being in a time we need them most the world has turned its back on them.  When they need our support the most, as crime rises they have been one more time abused by a crowd who likes to focus on a few bad apples.  There are bad apples in every bag. Law enforcement officers have bad days too and when they have bad days they have more available to them to raise havoc, like guns and strength with no one to back them up sometimes. I read on social media the moving story of a mother, daughter and RCMP officer.  We need them to keep crime down so let's not be so quick in judging them when they fail.  God forbids that anyone would make a mistake! (sarcasm) All people matter and you too.  Let no one be overlooked! What I am trying to say may not fit this blog, but it does because I have been so close in my thoughts of facing them, the la...

Success can be define in different ways.  For many, to be the next supermodel well trimmed attraction is what success is.  For others, another day living on earth is the attraction of success. Success means different things to different people.  Right now! Mental illness or not weight loss should be a priority but it's not.  To be healthy is.  To be weightless is not a sign of good health tough it's an obsession.  This world and everywhere you look around is obsessed with weight.  So much time and money is spend on losing weight and we consumers fall for it.  The only reason sometimes is to be healthy.  Walking should be fun and not a duty.  Sports should be fun, not slavery. We are obviously listening to our own heart and want to have that 'feeling good' feeling but that can be temporary as any weight lost is gained again in a vicious circle. The actual vicious circle is not weight loss and then weight gain but that indispensable feelin...

Are you stuck in a particular situation that you seemingly can't get out of ? Like in: - an abusive relationship? - some debts? - at your parents because you can't pay rent? - in an uncomfortable spot, country, job? My advice to you is an advice I have given to myself.  You have to be patient and maybe even eat some humble pie which is hard to do.  Waiting is hard all the time for me never mind in hard times. The important thing is to never give up but at the same time to take steps within yourself to make changes. In certain situation, it is even for the sake of your mental well-being to seek help from social services that are available in your community.  First of all though, I would seek God's help first, he always comes through and sometimes he uses people like you and me. I know some of these situations I mentioned above are very unpleasant because I have experienced it myself. The word of encouragement for all through all these situations that you are stuck in is th...

As I mentioned before I was taking a few days of rest with my wife and friends as we went camping in the "not so wild" Canadian Wilderness.  In fact, it was not wild at all, campsite grounds with basic utilities. But being away from home for a couple days it makes each one of us terribly vulnerable to changes.  We learned different things about each other and the element of trust plays a big role here.  I recommend a camping trip as wild as you can handle and as often as you like. There is not one camping trip that I have been on that I didn't learn and find out more about myself and I have conquered many fears through camping.  It's extremely rewarding in many ways and helps you appreciate the things you have back home even more.  It builds stronger relationships of trust, in fact these kind of activities are good therapies for all kind of people with insecurities. Putting ourselves in vulnerable situations might seem unnecessary but in the end it shows you who...

Restriction is not a new word for most of us.  We don't like to be restricted but as we go through this pandemic we have to be for our sake and the safety of others.  I get all that, I agree with all that.  With me though, it is just the endless list of restrictions against us that wears me out. One more restriction happened today.  It is very inconvenient.  Sometimes though, I wonder if it is even necessary and against whom are we really fighting. Are we fighting for our privacy or democracy?  It seems that by those restriction things are being taken away from us a little at the time. God help us to sort it out.  What a mess we are in when all we have to focus on is a mess.  I know it becomes overwhelming, especially when you read the News media.  Nations putting restrictions on others and putting restrictions on themselves. Restrictions, I grew up with restrictions.  Restrictions are not fun. Let's face it! All of us at this point coul...

Worry is a powerful force. Just imagine that you don't have it and then keep meditating on that and this is essentially what worry is.  A fruitless activity full of nonsense.  Something you do without considering the consequences of lost time.  Total foolishness and yet we (humans) do it all the time.  I used to waste 1/2 of a lifetime turning around and around in my mind and worrying about the future.  Now life is much more than what you don't have.  Well, isn't that a laughable concept 'much more than what you don't have'. Now turn that to positive and worry becomes a vision.  What? you can turn worry into a vision. Okay! Worry is a vision alright.  You just see something you don't have and wished you had it and keep looking at it as long as you allow yourself to do it.  Worry is a sin so we just have to quit it. The vision of something you have realized is not new.  A lot of people saw things before they happened and as God showed it ...

When you think of it, hope is more necessary than our daily food.  What would we do without hope in the world? Surely all of us have some kind of hope in someone or something.  That hope and expectation is what keep us believing in ourselves or someone else. What would we do or be if we had completely lost hope? There is not enough money in the world to buy hope.  Another word for 'hope' is rest.  To have rest in your soul how wonderful that would be? Yet so many people have lost hope in humanity or the politics of this world. They are ready to look somewhere else, but where? Dreams, that is where it all starts.  You have to have dreams bigger than yourself.  Your God's given dream, so impossible to reach that it would take heaven to move that mountain that is in the front of you. Do not neglect your dreams, but hang on to them.  Though they might be delayed. There is still hope in the bell while it's still ringing. The world is under going a fire in m...