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Sadness Sadness Go Away, Come Again Another Day

February 12, 2012 by Andre Best

Sadness is a feeling that we have all felt, probably many times during our life. It's something that we particularly don't want to become too friendly with, but we have to feel it because when it's here in our hurting heart, it's present. It is what is. Do we find ourselves seeking it out? Do we find ourselves looking for it? Of course not. No one wants to purposely feel sad.

Posted by Andre Best on February 12, 2012 | Comments (0)

The Real Fear Factor

October 30, 2010 by Andre Best

Fear is one of my favorite friends. Fear is one of my favorite feelings. I also think that fear is one of almost everybody's favorite feelings, whether they know it or not. Fear is an amazing driving force in life. Some say that we have this innate fear from the second we were released from the cocoon of our mother's womb. Some say that we live our entire lives living with fear as our friend, without knowing it to be present. Think about the fear in your life. Okay, let's not make this personal. Yet.

Posted by Andre Best on October 30, 2010

Question: Annoyed? Answer: Annoyance or Awareness?

February 6, 2008 by Andre Best

Being the father of three young boys is always an opportunity for insights, especially when the boys happen to be in the thick of their young brotherly love and they are all in my company. I recall a particularly insightful event when we were driving in my vehicle and the younger twins were in their booster seats in the back seat and their older brother was sitting next to me in the front seat, and one of the boys was making a repetitive clicking sort-of noise. Of course, I was paying attention to my driving on the Arizona freeways, but it was easy to notice that this noise being made was done intentionally, versus accidentally.

Posted by Andre Best on February 6, 2008

Starting Stopping Suffering

September 16, 2006 by Andre Best

Have you ever noticed how the world wants us to think that everything is okay in it? Yet, why is there so much suffering everywhere around this globe? We all can agree... everyone suffers. At some time, some place, with or without someone, everyone suffers. Why does this happen? Is there a need for suffering? Is there a reason that others suffer more than others? That is, their lives are more definable by events and circumstances that are not generally desired by the masses, so we call that suffering?

Posted by Andre Best on September 16, 2006 | Comments (7)

An Uncommon Way to Deal with Loneliness

June 15, 2006 by Andre Best

I have recently been thinking about loneliness and the things that go on in one's life so as to make them feel that their life is full, especially when they're feeling lonely on a daily basis. More often than not it amazes me just how much people do to pile stuff into their day so as to stay busy. Loneliness is not a pretty feeling. I know we've all been there at some point, or points, in our lives. And we do whatever we can to appease feeling lonely, or alone. Loneliness.

Posted by Andre Best on June 15, 2006 | Comments (3)

A Study of Loneliness

April 24, 2006 by Andre Best

I've found that loneliness is perhaps one of the most powerful of all human emotions. It leads some people to suicide, drives others into relationships and situations that they wouldn't have otherwise gotten into, and yet still causes others to find new and glorious ways to embrace the state and learn what they can from it to reduce its severity, next time. But loneliness still can be a rather perplexing emotion, to me at least.

Posted by Andre Best on April 24, 2006

For When You're Depressed, Defeated, Downcast...

November 25, 2005 by Andre Best

I remember coming back from vacation in Canada earlier this year and I had an insight as I was flying out of my old hometown of Edmonton, Alberta. Let me preface this by stating that I live in Phoenix, Arizona, the land of the virtually eternal sun. I'm used to the sun now after living here for over a dozen years. And after living in Canada until I was 30 I was used to the dreary, depressing, dark days up there. Virtually all year round.

Posted by Andre Best on November 25, 2005

Insights After A Special Vacation

October 7, 2005 by Andre Best

I just came back from Canada where my family celebrated my niece's wedding, my Dad's 75th birthday, and the first time the six members of my family have been under the same roof in over 20 years.

Posted by Andre Best on October 7, 2005

Depression Symptoms CAN be Tricky to See

August 25, 2005 by Andre Best

Depression symptoms look like other conditions people experience. But there ARE signs of depression that easily indicate depression symptoms. Learn them here.

Posted by Andre Best on August 25, 2005

KNOWING What is Depression is GOOD

August 22, 2005 by Andre Best

And learning what is depression in one is VITAL. But focussing on what one can DO about depression is KEY to rid one of the state. Learn what YOU can do. Here. Now. Let's start out with the understanding that depression is a somewhat tricky state to define sometimes. But generally I think a good depression definition is a condition wherein a person is experiencing a state of

Posted by Andre Best on August 22, 2005

There are Only TWO Causes of Depression

August 20, 2005 by Andre Best

To escape from twenty years of depression I learned these REAL causes of depression and then I beat them. Learn what they are and how to overcome them here. But first I need to state that I'm not a scientist or a psychologist or anyone like that. I'm just a man who experienced twenty years of chronic depression and was able to crawl out of my own personal deep hole. Yes, all on my own. So what I share with you today about what are the causes of depression, as far as I'm concerned, is based on actual firsthand experience and results.

Posted by Andre Best on August 20, 2005