colindove's Journal - DailyStrength Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:17:49 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/45100/1213255427.jpg colindove's Avatar http://dailystrength.org/people/45100 colindove's entry on 07/28/2008 12:05 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/1213994 I am shattered at the news of a friend such as yvonne passing. The pain those who remain in her family will be beyond words. The pain yvonne went through and could deal with it no more can not be fully spoken with words.Deep grief in depression is the hardest to state, to speak of, to make clear to ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:05:31 +0100 colindove's entry on 05/26/2008 10:14 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/1078497 Brutally made to feel as fool for loving someone Why do folk begin a romantic conversation.... and share and tell all,.... over email's and on Daily Strength , and then,... just as you commit to them your heart and trust for a future relationship,they just tell you to get lost. And the... Mon, 26 May 2008 10:14:07 +0100 colindove's entry on 05/09/2008 11:11 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/1039972 My Dating Rules as a DAD. Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up. Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her... Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:07 +0100 colindove's entry on 04/18/2008 08:42 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/988392 I have a great sense of humour and this joke I had to place here for those like me, not too like me I hope,...who have depression.   Snake's New Glasses A old snake goes to see his Doctor. "Doc, I need something for my eyes...can't see well these days." The Doc fixes h... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:42:58 +0100 colindove's entry on 04/03/2008 04:50 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/950013  Hello There Nice Person Did Anyone Ever Tell You, Just How Special You Are The Light that You Emit Might even Light a Star Did Anyone Ever Tell You How Important You Make Others Feel Somebody out here is Smiling About Love that is so Real Did Anyone Ever Tell You that Many ... Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:50:48 +0100 colindove's entry on 03/12/2008 03:17 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/893727 t's always great to be with friends, to understand their life , to add life and real words to there life, to experience peace, to add to others joy, to motivate each other. "Now to the sunshine I go, though my heart is heavy with depression, I wish to see no-one, as I have no words to say ,... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:17:38 +0100 colindove's entry on 03/09/2008 06:18 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/884811 KNOWING THE TRUE YOU !Where did this come from the years of depressionWhich took over my body, placing my brain in recession sapping my life with it's painfulness of strifedraining my courage black-mooding my lifeThe ease of living and loving,... I long to go backBut the confusion of mind makes ... Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:18:10 +0100 colindove's entry on 03/01/2008 08:55 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/864579 A hearty message to friends who as I, continue to live with dehabilitating illnesses of depression , anxiety, confined to home , those who have lost loved ones , those who,.. as I battle with excessive food consumption and little exercise. You who may not shower for days at a time, who cannot be bot... Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:55:47 +0100 colindove's entry on 02/25/2008 04:40 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/851749 I am pleased to say I am back out of the pit od depression. Feeling like I can achieve a little steady as I go, baby steps for me."Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!""--C. S. Lewis   Fast Drinke... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:40:57 +0100 colindove's entry on 02/22/2008 10:21 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/843307 Such is depression. It allows one to do things and enjoy a little of life, and then it is down the pits of despair . Loneliness is my closest friend where has sunshine gone. It seems family avoid me as it is too long becoming well...always well. SO IT IS 2 MINUTES OF SELF PITY...NO NOT SO IT HAS ENG... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:21:50 +0100 colindove's entry on 01/23/2008 09:50 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/761366 Hi friends on Daily Strength , I have been off for tooooo long and I am in need of support as much as I love to give support. May 2008 be a wonderful year as best as it can be as we face our challenges and care about one another.And it is a beautiful summer here, and cold as cold for most of my frie... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:50:25 +0100 colindove's entry on 11/10/2007 09:05 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/588406 Hi to each specially unigue and valued friend who visits my journel on Daily Srength. It is to me, much better than a cuppa coffee , (though the though just sparked and interest in making one, perhaps after I speak with you.)  better than a cigarette, though I don't smoke now, did once for ... Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:05:04 +0100 colindove's entry on 11/04/2007 08:32 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/572551 The Power of Depression              Depression does more harm to a person's overall health Than long-term physical diseases, research reveals today. The common mental illness has more impact on sufferers' general well-being than such ... Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:32:33 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/31/2007 06:03 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/564657 THINGS TO REMEMBER  I placed this here for myself , and then for others to read, if they wish , as a good friend has terminal cancer and I'm unable to be there. So I'm talking to God who knows more than I do about everything in life and in death. We all find it hard to speak of death, a... Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:03:11 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/27/2007 01:15 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/553885 Today's 2nd Grade Answers to why God made Mums !                               Why did God make mothers?1. She's the only one who knows where th... Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:15:05 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/22/2007 06:16 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/541532 Too Hot, Too Fast, Too Scary          Our 4-year-old granddaughter was thrilled when we took her to Disney World for the first time and she headed straight for Space Mountain. I worried that the roller coaster would be too scary for her, but she insi... Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:16:57 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/21/2007 11:15 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/539689 "People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your oldclothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed youcan't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless theyears and happy times when you meant a lot to eac... Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:15:48 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/20/2007 10:35 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/537746 We are not designed to carry heavy emotional loads, that's why the Lord says in What a Friend we have in Jesus,What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief's to bear!What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear... Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:35:58 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/19/2007 02:08 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/535098  SIDE BY SIDE TOGETHER   October 19,  2007  Dear friends,Helping others through their trials can give us a new perspective on our own. Pain Sweetener Helen Keller noted: "Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long ... Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:08:10 +0100 colindove's entry on 10/10/2007 11:37 http://dailystrength.org/people/45100/journal/514594 Well, I stand nervously undesided as to whether it wise to come off the xanax I have been on sinse my wife left , as having burnout after years of stress , dealing with two in the family with depression and panic disorder, I ended up with it. Being unable to function for a time , I was abandond, yet... Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:37:30 +0100