Tag: acceptance

Revealing all

Posted on by Olaf

What do you see in this picture?  How might you associate it with the title?  Which way are you already thinking? Your answers to those three questions could be revealing your inner thoughts, perceptions and prejudices! Some things lurk in the alleyways of our minds that we wish did not so we keep them locked up as we do not want others to know they live in our ‘zoo’!  We tend to make assessments based on limited information and on inner biases rather too quickly.  If you look again, you will be able to see five water fowl that resemble adolescent ducklings but are in fact cygnets preening themselves, not fully aware that they are in process of becoming beautiful swans.  Hans Christian Andersen wrote ‘The Ugly Duckling’ in 1843 – what do you remember about it? 

  • ‘I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure’ – Shay Mitchell

Orphan Living

Posted on by Olaf

What do John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, Steve Jobs and Eleanor Roosevelt have in common?  They were all orphans and yet they went on to achieve many things.  Living with the knowledge of being an orphan has deep effects on a person’s psyche – to have feelings of rejection, insecurity, abandonment and poor self worth would be typical.

‘I’m trying to find myself.  Sometimes that’s not easy’ – Marilyn Monroe

IDENTITY – who is the real you?

Posted on by Olaf

Can you be anything or anyone you want to be?  Do you know what and who that is?  What is it that defines you – gender, ethnicity, nationality, family, abilities, wealth, achievements, history, sexuality, politics, religion?  How do you want people to think of you?

‘When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it’s difficult to find your own identity’ – Sia (Kate Isobelle Furler)