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I’m a part time atheist but I would encourage anyone experiencing mental health difficulties or not to explore their spirituality. I have found great meaning in my struggles through a spiritual framework. There are many paths to way-makers and miracle workers. If you find peace elsewhere embrace it.

For me there has been a great deal of symbolism in my various states of wellness.

We are all worthy of spiritual respect regardless of our circumstances or state of mind. The next time you encounter the hopeless, homeless or helpless keep in mind that Christ would be classified as crazy.

  1. When we name someone as addicted, homeless, mentally ill etc., we can distance ourselves from them and absolve ourselves of a common responsibility let alone a communal response. 1 Reply
  2. London and District Academy of Medicine – Patient Healthcare Forum: Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine Presentation Leave a reply
  3. Apple = Love 4 Replies
  4. Sanity 6 Replies
  5. I was screaming about “21 feet” so they weren’t justified in shooting anything, but they were already 10 feet away. They finally got my dog away from me and I turned around and stripped naked without prompting. “On the floor.” And they pinned me to the floor with their Plexiglas shields and handcuffed me. The paramedics gave me a needle in the ass and I was placed on the gurney I had kicked over when they parked it at my front door. 1 Reply
  6. Inclusion involves sharing the experience and it involves interaction and communication. 1 Reply
  7. Follow the white rabbit. 2 Replies
  8. With fewer options when it comes to interpersonal relationships the individual in recovery is prone to prodding the past in an attempt to reclaim valued social roles.  It is understandable that individuals with mental illness and or addictions attempt to return to some state of Eden; a time of better health or perceived ‘normalcy’. Leave a reply
  9. “having no social capital or economic power relegates valuable and dynamic individuals to situations and communities where…” Leave a reply
  10. The Non’cents’ of Police Mental Health Strategies Leave a reply
  11. Taking The Long Way Home (Trigger Warning: Deals With Suicide) Leave a reply
  12. London Joint Mental Health Research Day: Mental Illness Stigma 2 Replies
  13. “Auld Lang Syne” 4 Replies
  14. Mayor Matt Brown, Councillors Maureen Cassidy and Mohamed Salih and Integrity Commissioner Gregory F. Stewart 1 Reply
  15. Back to Sarnia Gaol. Home, Home on the Range or Solitary Confinement depending on the weak. 2 Replies
  16. Corrections from the Inside Out – Corrections from the Inside Out Leave a reply
  17. How Would Hitler’s Nazi’s Deal With Indigenous People’s ? “Wabi” Leave a reply
  18. Trigger Warning: There’s Something Wrong With the Person Telling Me Things I Don’t Want To Hear Leave a reply
  19. What Direction Does A Muslim Person Face To Pray When They’re In Outer Space? Leave a reply
  20. It’s Like A Natural Disaster That Nobody Is Noticing 5 Replies
  21. Is It A Wonder Our Youth Fabricate Catastrophe When Their Ass. University Professor Shows Them How? Leave a reply
  22. I guess we know what Justin Trudeau meant when he said “sunny ways.” Leave a reply
  23. Yesterday I saw a schizophrenic man shot by a police issued firearm. I was in the same room… Leave a reply
  24. Someone needs to remind Toronto Mayor John Tory that municipal politicians are elected on a non-partisan basis. Leave a reply
  25. We would be jailed for brushing our own paint on a work of Michelangelo. Is God that much less? Leave a reply
  26. “Chick with a dick” Leave a reply
  27. If Mr. Schoenborn had a tumor in his head that caused this tragedy how many years would we sentence him for? Leave a reply
  28. It seems a blindness brought on by a spiral of swirling thoughts that pull in more darkness than light. Leave a reply
  29. The London Free Press has undermined their standing to mount a legal challenge to a bona fide publication ban and have castrated themselves of being a fair voice. Leave a reply
  30. I Often Find Myself Where I Was Never Expected 2 Replies
  31. Grace, Grit and My Damn Brother Wherever the Hell He Is Leave a reply
  32. “Homosexuality is sin Jesus saves from sin” Should we capsulate a portion of a belief system and label the individual? Leave a reply