I was asked not too long ago, what do I think Adopters, and hopeful adopters should know … This is a difficult, complicated subject to approach.

It involves people’s hopes and dreams. It deals with wants versus needs, with griefs real and often unacknowledged. It’s a delicate class 1.1 explosive, sensitive and liable to detonate under fairly mild conditions. It seems too much.

I recently overheard a conversation in which two people were discussing intrusive thoughts. “Oh god, I get them all the time,” said person one. My brain is always telling me I'm not good enough, or this and that are going to happen”. " Isn't that negative thinking?” Person two replied. That got me thinking: Do people really know the difference, and do I? 

In the interests of finding new ways to settle my mind, I thought I'd try a gong bath.

Relaxing is not something I do very well, even during the times I consider my most relaxed, I'm like a snoozing dog. To the onlooker, I'm out for the count, but in reality, I'm ready to pounce at the slightest noise.