A scar simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you If you have no scars, then you need to ask yourself whether you've ever truly lived. Be they physical scars from accidents on motorbikes, mental scars from the time you made a fool of yourself at the Christmas party or emotional scars... Continue Reading →
How can I trust after divorce?
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.Frank Crane Trust is one of the most powerful of emotions. It enables us to put our lives, our hearts and our dreams in the hands of another and allow them to help us live. It creates... Continue Reading →
A letter to my future love
Bear with me. I know this is a bit weird, but I wanted to write to you now, before I've ever met you, as there are a few things I want you to know. Yes, you; the woman who will one day be the person who helps me realise that I will be able to... Continue Reading →
Why Men Aren’t Vulnerable
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”― Criss Jami It's not cool to be vulnerable. It's not manly to show weakness, or even hint that you don't know what you want. Weakness is the least attractive trait a man can have, and opening up some... Continue Reading →
Emotional hills
When I was about 15 years old I was a bit of an athlete. I was one of those annoying kids who just found it relatively easy to do the basics well enough for cricket, football, running and more, so was on all the school teams and competed loads. At one cross country race we... Continue Reading →
Being better, not bitter
It appears to be a truism, that after adultery the guilty party walks away winning, leaving their partner with no relationship, self-doubt, low self-esteem, trust issues and all sorts of other problems. There are pithier ways of saying it, but it's rarely the "victim" that comes out on top, at least in the short to... Continue Reading →
Why Men Should Blog
I know this isn't the first time I've said it, but I love a bit of Twitter. Not only do you get to see some top-drawer shenanigans go on, but you also occasionally stumble onto some viewpoints which you would never normally be exposed to. Such a thing happened recently, when I found myself involved... Continue Reading →
1AD
Years are funny things. They are a man-made construct to mark the amount of time that it takes for the earth to travel around the sun once. In the grand scheme of things they mean nothing; I am literally no different now to how I was yesterday. Adding another day onto my age hasn't made... Continue Reading →