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Facial Expressions

Kai — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 11:29:07 +0000

This time I want to talk about facial expressions. It’s something that most people do intuitively, I am told, and interpreting the facial expressions of others is equally intuitive. Not to me, though. It may come as a surprise to you, but I didn’t even know that I couldn’t read facial expressions until I was a teenager. When I was …

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Writing – A Lifelong Journey

Kai — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 08:23:55 +0000

I’ve been a storyteller, albeit not by that name, since I was about 6 years old. I had started school and hated it, so making me walk the long deserted road to the bus stop was probably quite a challenge for my mother. We lived close to the sea on a wonderful, small island, in a small house surrounded by …

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Love & Affection

Kai — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:15:00 +0000

You would not believe how often people have accused me of having a cold heart, of being unable to feel empathy or affection for anyone. Nothing can be farther from the truth, however, even if I don’t express it as they themselves do. I have most certainly loved – especially those who have accused me of being unable to. I …

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The Importance of Acceptance

Kai — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:14:00 +0000

I’ve written about this topic before, but during these times it seems more important than ever. We live in a world increasingly divided, or at least it feels like that to me. From an early age, I knew that I was different. It was difficult to accept, but over the years I tolerated it. It is only recently that I …

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To Want

Kai — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:18:00 +0000

For a while now I’ve been thinking about what it means to “want”. I’ve wanted many things in life, but not all in the same way nor to the same extend. Actually, looking back on my life so far, there are a lot of things I wanted at some point in my life that I am quite relieved I never …

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When Enough Is Enough

Kai — Sun, 22 May 2022 07:48:00 +0000

So, this is a kind of continuation from my last post. I wrote way too much for just one post, so when I typed it into my PC (Yes, I do a lot of my writing in notebooks and type it at a later date) I decided to split it into two. These days I am really confused about what …

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It Was Never Enough to Do My Best

Kai — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:01:00 +0000

You know, people always say something like “Just do your best, you can’t do more than that.” Did anyone ever say that to you? Did they tell you that and then no matter how much you struggled to do whatever was asked of you, it was never enough? If you never experienced that I would say you are a lucky …

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