Are We Making Ourselves Happy or Fulfilling Societal Expectations?

Are We Making Ourselves Happy or Fulfilling Societal Expectations?

Job, marriage, mortgage, kids; are these the expectations that narrate our reality? What makes you happy? We're constantly on a hamster wheel day in, day out. Sure, our life sequence is quite repetitive and may not be uplifting, but we've become so engrossed into what we should do and fulfil, the mass and materialistic consumption, [...]

Greed: Does It Change You Or Reveal Your True Self?

Greed: Does It Change You Or Reveal Your True Self?

I’ve witnessed the soul through human eyes entirely drowned by calculation and deceit. You question your own morality, am I the problem?You realise they wouldn’t blink an eyelid at your existence, due to greed.The callous nature, I found hard to fathom. The realisation took much longer to hit than I thought it would. My excuses [...]

What’s Mine Is Yours.

What’s Mine Is Yours.

Time gone, still sore. Will I be me again; distance evermore. Paralysis, held up by a crutch, Inhale, feels too much. The density is greater than you could imagine, Half, perished for good, I’d go back, if only you would. Loss, I’m sure you knew, I’d cease my life, just to see you. -- Antonia [...]

Smile Though Your Heart Is Aching | Mental Health Awareness Week.

Smile Though Your Heart Is Aching | Mental Health Awareness Week.

Happiness, how is that measured? How can we tell emotions apart? I need to cry to display sadness, right? (trigger warning) I look back at all my childhood photos. Having trouble pinpointing when the change happened. As all I see is the picture of happiness, or what I depict that to be. But away from [...]

Truth: Your Fictitious Mind’s Worst Enemy.

Truth: Your Fictitious Mind’s Worst Enemy.

2023 is definitely a year for the unexpected. A year I’ll remember for the rest of my life, for many reasons. And most of all, I’ve learnt what it is to be, you. The mind’s a powerful thing. Organ in fact. Almost like an orchestra playing to your tune, with your role as conductor. Once [...]