Deliciously Clever

Although many of us believe that youth is when we have the best time of our lives, being young is also infact a time in life that can be very difficult in many ways... It’s a time where a person is trying to make sense of life so that they can form a solid identity with which to walk forward in this life. A time in which a person attempts to rightfully detach from their caregivers, begin making decisions for themselves, make plans to become independent, happy strong individuals. As you could appreciate -even more now days - this has become increasingly complicated for our youth . Youth is a time when, understandably, a person hasn’t yet formed clear strategies with which to deal with grief, loss or confusion. Coupled with the disconnect that EVERYONE is increasingly feeling today, this makes youth understandably much more vulnerable and at risk. Mental health and su***de are a major concern for our youth today and therefore support to research, understand and treat them is vital for the survival of our species. As a child of migrants and a sibling of a person with a disability, I remember being very troubled at times. I remember needing to be supported by more than my family because they too were very distracted and busy keeping themselves above water as well. We sometimes need more than family and friends. We need a whole wide community to reach out and help in troubled times and this is what is great about Australia and these social schemes that help fund programs that make support available to disadvantaged groups. This is one way you too can continue be a part of the solution by donating to help create and sustain the services available for youth. If you haven’t donated to a good cause this week, here’s one chance for you. Help me protect our future generation.. donate here via this link https://www.lapsforlife.com.au/fundraisers/sophiakokkolis .. and I’ll continue to keep my head above the water each morning of March at 5.30am!! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️ 🙄😂😳🩱🏊‍♀️ That’s surely got to be worth something!! Please dig in and donate 😉😀😅🤣 ***deprevention

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I am having so much fun with my delusions that I have wings 😂 yep! But so do you!! .. I dare you to try… stop look listen and feel … notice the person deep inside of you who IS all that you want to be... that person is in there… strong clever beautiful kind calm joyous or whatever else you want it to be… Yes, free yourself from the deceptive constraints that our very flawed neurology places upon us and persist in resisting the thoughts and beliefs that do not serve you.. What thoughts and beliefs would serve you well? Create and maintain thoughts that will help you lift to a higher ground… believe in yourself...and things will start to work your way…Go on , you owe it to yourself 🪽 you ARE worth it.. live out your delulu of being your dream self

The sentimental journey PART 4 😳😂: I was very lucky to have family and friends to be with over in Greece .. They were all just phenomenally warm, open hearted kind and generous .. I found that of everyone I met.. Greece always reminds me that connection to others is King.. Greek culture highly emphasises the importance of conversation amongst others.. conversations of any kind.. conversations about the mundane as well as all the things beyond the everyday and mundane.. conversations about big stuff, feelings, meaningful stuff.. good times, family, life, god, food and tragedy.. ha.. which I think ought to be celebrated.. after all, Greeks WERE and still are the creators of lot of great things.. and it all stems from their ability to think big, create and share ideas.. they were also the creators of theatre and tragedy and I love the way it seems to me they still do all this on an everyday basis .. these connections are what keep the wheels turning .. talking especially about the sh*tful parts of your day or your life (aka tragedy 😳😂) is an uplifting thing because you share it.. it brings it out from the dark and into light.. this is when the load is made lighter and solutions are found to problems .. whether the solutions are about making concrete changes or just about creating a safe place to place those thoughts.. a shared place, then the problem is half solved... this is something that makes us cope, bigger and stronger or just ok with it.. it’s all good in the end when we can share it.. share life, share tragedy people, it certainly also makes life a little more fun and theatrical 🎭 after all, life is but a stage and we ARE all just actors.. you better believe it! 😘 .. thanks Greece for continuing to share your wisdom through your wonderful people and culture as well as your magnificent myth making lands 🙏🏽💛🇬🇷🏛️