As always on a Sunday here are articles which may help you if you are feeling depressed and get you to think positively again despite your grief

Jon Beebe presents Perception of Life, or Creation in Mind? posted at DevelopMinds.com Blog, saying, “Article about why apathy is present, how you control it, and how to overcome it for good, so you can start thinking positively.”

Erin Pavlina presents 5 Good Ways to Ground Yourself posted at Erin Pavlina’s Blog, saying, “Have you ever heard someone talk about being grounded? Are you grounded? Or is your energy drifting off like a …read more

I read this today on a BBC website, it is a poem by a 9 year old called Joshua Peters
Heaven is all around, Life in War 1914-1918
 Lying without motion on the ground
The lost ones have been found.
The dead have been crowned.
Heaven is all around.
Those soldiers fought in war
With the Devil at their doors.
Now without a sound,
Heaven is all around.
Don’t leave them there, for God’s sake,
End their loved ones ache.
Heaven is here.
How lovely that a nine year old can express such wonderful words on a war that happened almost a century ago.

This weekend I was babysitting for my friend who lost her husband last year through cancer. After about an hour I realised that  her little boy was looking at me with a kind of puzzled look on his face. I brought him onto my knee and asked him what he was thinking.
He said “I am worried about Daddy. I heard you and mum talking about how prices are rising, how expensive it is for us to be warm in our house, well Mum has a job but Daddy doesn’t as he can’t work anymore, how is he going to manage …read more

I was wondering how songs are changing and which are the most popular songs. CBC says the following funeral songs were the most popular

Goodbye My Lover, James Blunt.
Angels, Robbie Williams
I’ve Had the Time of My Life, Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley
Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
Pie Jesu, Requiem
Candle in the Wind, Elton John
With or Without You, U2
Tears from Heaven, Eric Clapton
Every Breath You Take, The Police 
Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers

Do you know when I go, I would want a happy song…one to make you smile or one that was upbeat. I  want people to celebrate my life not miss me. …read more

I came across this poem at Scrapbook.com – it is simple and yet so true
A Stairway to Heaven
Author: unknown
If Tears Could Build A Stairway
And Memories A Lane
I’d Walk Right Up To Heaven
And Bring You Home Again