Pearce the Heart

On April 24, 2016 I was thinking that everyone has a quirky side to them – it’s just a matter of whether or not they decide to show it to others.  Some people will show it to the people they trust, while others will express that side of them on a regular basis. For me I’m the type that shows it to the people in my life that I trust.  I’ve had it before where I had a friend that liked the same TV show as I did and we would squeal and get excited when we knew the next season was coming on.  Even though we didn’t watch the show together, we would discuss a shocking episode and say things like “oh my goodness can you believe what happened?!?” We would talk about everything that went on in the episode for hours. For some people squealing over a TV show may seem strange, but when you find a connection with someone else that loves the same thing as you do then it seems odd not to get excited about that. I used to be like that about my cat Monty when she was alive.  I ...

  On April 18, 2016 I was thinking about how I have been volunteering over the years since I was a teenager.   I think it’s true that you often get more out of it than you put into it.   When I was volunteering in Brazil for a short time I was working with street kids and I was amazed how grateful they were.   We would sometimes have them come into the place where we were staying and would let them shower and give them clean clothes.   Most people don’t have to worry about where their next meal, bed, shower, etc. will be, but where I was volunteering so many children did. A lot of the kids that were on the street were there because their parents were already living on the street to start with.   Another reason some kids are on the street there is that they get caught up in drugs at a young age.   My heart broke for them, but they were so touched that someone like me would come over from so far away to help them.   It made it worthwhile being awa...

  I was thinking on April 10, 2016 when a person feels down it can be for many different possibilities.   It could be anything from your favourite candy being out of stock at the store, to failing an exam, to breaking up with a significant other, to endless other reasons.   During those times each person can react differently to the same situation they are in.   A chocolate bar being unavailable at the store may not mean much to one person, but it could mean something more to the person who was really excited to have it. Depression can be a lot like that.   For some people when they are depressed it can be deep and short-lived and then they are able to move on from it.   For others they can slowly seep deeper and deeper into themselves over time.   I found for myself I was of the second type as I kept so much inside for most of my life. My depression started around age 12 or 13 and progressively got worse.   I would come home after school and ...

  On April 3, 2016 I was thinking if you dig into the word ‘cleaning’ it can mean a lot of things.   I hadn’t really thought about that until I decided to clean our place this past week.   I had noticed for awhile that my sink needed to be cleaned and I kept giving excuses to myself as to why I couldn’t do it.   I thought I’m too busy, tired, out of my home etc., and basically I was procrastinating. I legitimately do get really tired at times and don’t have the energy to clean all that frequently, but I don’t too often have it where I am drained all day long.   I finally decided when I didn’t have any extra work to do that I would clean our bathroom sink.   I was surprised how easy it was.   Before I knew it the sink was spotless.   I find sometimes in life we have it where there is a task that we have to do, whether that is doing our homework, paying our bills, calling a friend, going shopping, etc. that we leave it for later to do.   So...