Archives by: Larry Lewis

Is Your Current Lifestyle Making You Ill?

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The Love of A Grandparent

The Love of A Grandparent

I write this post today for a very simple reason and that is because of the love of a grandparent. It is Amelia-Mae Natalie Scott’s third birthday. The date 5th November is known as Guy Fawkes Night and Bonfire Night and is often celebrated by having Firework’s Parties, but for me ...
Hitting Rock Bottom – The Only Way Is Up

Hitting Rock Bottom – The Only Way Is Up

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J.K. Rowling Those words were said by J.K. Rowling, the British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potter books, during her commencement address at Harvard, where she explains the fringe benefits of failing and the importance of imagination. She talks about ...
Back to the Future – Always Looking Up

Back to the Future – Always Looking Up

A few days ago many of our memories returned to the Back to the Future movie. If you’re a Back To The Future fan, then the date 21 October 2015 is already transfixed into your head. Why? It’s the date that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to the future in order ...
4 Steps To Controlling Your Emotions

4 Steps To Controlling Your Emotions

Sadness, fear, anger, disappointment, exhaustion, loneliness. Sometimes we experience emotions that are not easy to deal with. What can one do when feeling bad? How do you go about controlling your emotions? When illness or disability strikes the issues you’re faced with can be overwhelming, and more than likely you will have ...
The Challenges of Invisible Disability

The Challenges of Invisible Disability

There are many types of disabilities that affect a person’s life as a consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. A disability may be clear to see by everyone or impossible to tell. Today I want to draw to your attention ...
See The Need

See The Need

Two thirds of people diagnosed with visual impairment said they had never received emotional nor psychological support. I think this is appalling considering how badly we are affected emotionally by losing a significant amount of our sight. No-one should feel like they are on their own dealing with this, and more ...
The Emotional Impact Of Vision Loss

The Emotional Impact Of Vision Loss

We take our sight for granted. We expect every day when we wake up to see things through our two eyes. Alas there is no guarantee that things will be like this forever. If it doesn't we best be prepared for the emotional impact of vision loss. The moment your doctor tells ...
Emergency,  Eye Vision Is Impaired, Exterminate, Exterminate!

Emergency, Eye Vision Is Impaired, Exterminate, Exterminate!

Emergency, emergency, eye vision is impaired, exterminate, exterminate! Straight away you’re learning something new about me, I’m a Doctor Who Fan. Part of the title may have given that away. In a recent Doctor Who episode (Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 2: The Witch's Familiar) we saw Missy and Clara walking through ...
What’s Most Important in Your Life?

What’s Most Important in Your Life?

Having just put the phone down to my doctor, absorbing the latest health issue that I now need to deal with, which I will, a question popped into my head, "What's Most Important in Your Life?" We often talk about our priorities in life. But how many of us have ever stopped ...
Don’t Just Exist, Live A Life

Don’t Just Exist, Live A Life

Don't just exist, live a life. To truly live life, means that you really experience it, enjoy it to the fullest, never taking it for granted.  Dying, death and bereavement are important parts of everyone’s lives. They happen to us all, and many of us will be affected by the death ...