Universally, people have issues. Some have sought support from organisations set aside to help, many struggle through life without even voicing their own concerns to another and some may not even acknowledge they have problems causing them to be unhappy, if that is so.
One of the main reasons for the latter two instances is the shame and stigma people unjustifiably attach to issues and the people who openly acknowledge they have them, in our world.
I emphasise, in my view, we all have them! So let's drop this judgmental view of such people and hence ourselves (because it is only fear of their own issues that causes anyone to point the finger) and let's set about taking responsibility for addressing our own instead.
I have spent much of the last 41 years in a state of being that was deemed "unwell". I am proud that, at the very least, during that time, I have made it my business and responsibility to address that, by whatever means served.
At this point my life is better than it has ever been, even before I became "unwell". Thank you for Mental Health Week.
P BABER
Whanganui
Born again and loving it
Yes! the religious are a sad minority, but the born-again Christians are a thriving, pulsing, prepared people enjoying love, joy and peace while focusing on the return of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
V L RUSSELL
Whanganui
London St speeds: What a joke
The recent Chronicle article re High School and London St was a non-entity. The wrong question must have been asked of the NZTA.
Question for the spokesperson of the NZTA: So you came over here from Palmerston North and studied the situation as put to you by High School, identified the problem and returned to Palmerston North to discuss the problem and find a solution?
"Yes, we will introduce 40km/h speed restrictions on that section of road."
So you will, in effect, do nothing as the speed around schools where children are present is already 40km/h.
"Ah, yes"
School was back on Monday and the traffic on London St at 8.30am was crawl, stop, crawl, stop - so what will 40km/h do? Nothing.
M AFFLECK
Springvale
Principles v cash
A growing number of women are now coming forward and sharing their alleged sexual assault and harassment experiences at the hands of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
In New Zealand, some of our local female media personalities have done the same regarding men in their lives who they allege committed similar offences against them.
Cue international social justice faux-outrage and the media running a digital version of the Salem witch trials against men.
But here's the thing.
Whilst Weinstein and men like him deserve to be held to account for their actions, no one has asked why the women now complaining about these actions decided to stay silent as a way to act in their own self-interest regarding their respective careers.
In story after story, a women's personal principles gave way to cash, in one form or another.
I'm not convinced that every woman who has made a complaint regarding this issue has never traded her sexuality for success, otherwise the entertainment and media field must be a puritan environment indeed.
Perhaps a little more emphasis on female self-responsibility may be in order regarding this issue, as opposed to the "all women virtuous, all men rapists" narrative that seems to be developing in this awful saga.
DYLAN TIPENE
Auckland
