Charlie Lavin

In life, we all want to be accepted and loved. In order to accomplish this, we will put others before our own cares and needs. Sometimes this is a great selfless act and is really needed. However you really do need to be selfish once in a while if it means you're happy and healthy. You should never put yourself in a situation where it means you are sacrificing your happiness for  long periods of time/permanently. How can people look after you when you aren't even looking after yourself? I have always been one of those people who care greatly about others and will do a lot to make sure they're happy and healthy. However, i have recently realized that you have to know your own breaking limit. You need to make sure you are happy and healthy yourself before you try to change that in others. Back to the wanting to be accepted note, we all want to make people proud of us in everything we do. So sometimes we will do things that may not be our style or make us very happy just t

I want to start this post off with saying this is my opinion and what I've read other people saying. I wouldn't post anything that isn't true and I have got all my conclusions from the bible and can state which part where possible. So we often see love as an emotional thing that only stretches so far. But in reality love is so much more than that, especially gods love for us. If you loved someone you would obviously want the best for them and wouldn't want them to be in any danger. Gods love is so strong and deep that he hates anything that gets in the way of his beautiful creations (You and I) happiness. So when something bad happens, god wants justice on this and rightly so. He wants them to be punished so they can see where they have gone wrong. Gods holy nature must be protected by justice. So to have justice there would need to be judging. Just like in actual court case, there would no justice or punishment without the judge saying they're guilty or innocen

Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people As humans it is our natural instinct to compare and be jealous of others. With this can lead to many negative feelings, such as low self esteem, bitter heart and feeling low. Most of the time comparing is down to jealously and that doesn't end well. However, sometimes comparing can be in admiration and inspire you to do something.  But when it is down to jealously, it can lead to us feeling unhappy and unsatisfied with ourselves. Instead of striving us to be better, it puts a down feeling on the situation and can demotivate you.  So next time you see somebody and you think of comparing yourself to them do it in admiration and use it to motivate yourself. If we all admire the beauty in others, then it will be easier to see it in ourselves. This will then lead you to feeling a lot happier within yourself and this could then help change your heart for the better. Having jealously and bitterness towards someb

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. Any success that will be worth it, will have hard work and dedication behind it ,I promise. The journey along the way may get tough and nearly impossible at times, but once you've reached that goal you'll see it's worth it. See this kind of seems self explanatory, but we all forget just how much work we need for that dream to be achieved. We see people bringing out albums, books, products etc over night and we all think "That didn't take long, they are just lucky". When in actual fact they have worked hard for a long time upon releasing, but we just don't see that side to it, most of the time. So next time you pre-judge somebody who is more successful than you, just think of how much work they put to be there. Use that as an encouragement to reach your own goal perhaps.  The imagery from this quote is so clever and I find it so inspiring. A stair case is made up of tiny little steps, th

Last week I wrote a blog post called "The stigma around mental health", where i spoke about how this stigma affects peoples emotional well-being. I wanted some local statistics to prove my point that it's happening EVERYWHERE, even on your door step. So I created a survey and I wanted to share the results with you. After sharing the survey on this blog and posting on Facebook, I got 34 responses! (I really want to thank each and every one of you who filled it out!) 1.Are you male or female? Out of the 34 people who answered, 8/34 were male and 26/34 were female. Seeing as only a small audience answered we can't really draw a conclusion about a specific gender. However what I can state is that mental health affects everybody, regardless of their gender. 2.Which age range do you fit into? Under 16 - 3 people 17-19 - 25 people 20-29 - 3 people 30-39 - 1 person 40-49 - 2 people 50 + - 0 people Again this isn't very reliable as the audience is so small, s