Dealing With Bullying

Have posted the following link in my original Waterlily Story blog but wanted to post it here as well, to make sure people don't miss it!  President Obama, the Vice President, and others at the White House in the United States have created short videos about bullying for gay youths, especially, although others might benefit also.  The videos are part of the "It Gets Better" project which was begun for LGBT people.  Here is the link:   www.whitehouse.gov/itgetsbetter. 

From experience [in another area], I know that bullying can seem like a terrible thing when you're in the middle of the receiving end.  But if you can reach out to a helpful person, it's not as hard to get past it!  We suffer when we let the bullying get to us and let it make us feel inferior.  But as Vice President Biden said in his video, the bullies are the small-minded ones!  We need to get to a place where we can find our dignity and not let anyone take it away from us. 

Northwestern Ontario--II

These pictures I took at Lake Superior, near Thunder Bay, around 15 years ago.

Northwestern Ontario

Here are photos of northwestern Ontario, which I wrote about earlier in this blog. [There was a movie with this kind of scenery also--from another location.] This location is Ouimet Canyon, near Thunder Bay.

New Blog

Have started a new blog today--Waterlily Story III--to summarize the main points in the first two blogs.--They're so long, they're hard for some people to understand and I appreciate it! Hopefully, this will help.

This Blog--II

To be clear, the only time in high school that I had suicidal thoughts was in the 10th grade in the 1972/73 school year. At the time, I concluded that my main reason for thinking of suicide was to get attention; and if I succeeded in the task, I'd get attention but wouldn't be around to appreciate it any longer! So, I finally put it out of my mind.--I decided it wasn't worthwhile. I came to the conclusion on my own because I hadn't been able to speak to my parents for different reasons, and I didn't speak to my teachers. [It didn't occur to me to speak to friends--the few I had at the time--because I didn't think they'd understand. But it's always good to get help from wherever possible.]

This Blog

According to my account information, people haven't been paying much attention to this Waterlily Story II blog for a while. Some feedback I got earlier indicated they thought the pictures were nice enough but they didn't agree with the issues, or they didn't believe my stories!

Was I trying to post a lot of pretty pictures to make myself look good? Well, considering the things I've been accused of I wanted to put my best foot foward, for sure. Did I mean to make it seem as if I was perfect? No, not at all. In fact, I've been writing recently to my contacts that I was a little depressed in high school, at times, and I even battled with suicidal thoughts for a while. My parents marital separation just before I started high school, and some childhood teasing and bullying were some underlying factors which took a long time for me to deal with! Have lately been thinking that I'd like to do something to help others, especially those who were bullied or abused as children or youths. One of the first things we can do is to speak out about our own lives, I suppose. Have been thankful for a lot of professional counselling I've received over the years. And my family has tried to support me, the best they knew how.

Winter--III

This is another photo from Sturgeon Falls, about 15 years ago.

Winter--II

These photos were also taken at Sturgeon Falls. The view was behind the cottage where I lived.

Winter

About 15 years ago, I lived along the river near Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. These photos were taken from there.

Change of Season

Here are a few Christmas photos until I have time to post some winter scenes.

Happy New Year, 2012 !