by Gill Kenny | Jun 15, 2020 | Gender Dysphoria, Gender identity, Kindness, Sex discrimination
I came across a scary report the other day about a girl who was involved in a car accident in the US and required emergency treatment. When the paramedic who arrived at the scene discovered she had a penis, he stood back and laughed and didn’t take her...
by Gill Kenny | Jun 1, 2020 | Empathy, Intolerance, Judging, Violence
My brain has been reeling from the events that are taking place in the US following the awful murder of the unarmed black man, George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. While SpaceX was making history with the launch of its Crew Dragon carrying NASA astronauts to the...
by Gill Kenny | May 25, 2020 | Grit, Passion
Passion fruit vine in my backyard Today’s blog is about something I badly need to work on, so I thought it would be a good idea to focus on it in the hope that it might stick. The title ‘A Ration of Passion’ was just a way to lure you in. The subject is actually about...
by Gill Kenny | May 18, 2020 | COVID, Wasting time
I dream of a world that is at peace and where every person is able to live their life free of discrimination or repression. But every day I wake up to the news of ongoing wars around the world, and the culture of blame that we all abide in, and I wonder what we mere...
by Gill Kenny | May 11, 2020 | Addict, Addiction, Alcohol & cancer, Anxiety, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Compassion, Connection to others, Drinking, Empathy, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Negative mindset, Recovery, Self-love, Sobriety, Staying sober, Support groups
For as long as I was drinking to excess, I wondered what it would feel like to be completely sober for a whole year. I had done many the stint of abstinence and completed a couple of one-hundred-day challenges over the years, but it never felt as though l was giving...
