My Dog Rea. Got her 3 years ago when I was finding it hard to get up and go. Now I have to get up and take her out everyday and I meet so many fellow dog walkers life is so much better

Keeping a promise I made to my mother who passed away 4 years ago last weekend. Her memory and my promise to her keep me going each and every day .

After a long battle with depression I was ready to give up on my life, but along came my grandson Adam who changed my world, and now we have Jacob too . my whole world became a better place to live in and I am now a happier person and loving Nannie.

The nice poeple I meet keep me going. The ones that smile at you for no reason, or hold a door open for you. And especially the strangers that you have the best chats with (and you realise they worked with your Uncles brother-in-law’s best friend in a different county or something equally strange :D)

No matter how you feel…..get up, dress up, show up and never give up

Oxygen

My husband keeps me going every day! He has CF and seeing him fight everyday to keep well! Gives me the up and go…..we all should have in life.

My good friends and family who have supported over the last few years,it’s the people in my life that keep me going,I am getting a new job soon and the bike would be handy to get to work.

I look forward to helping out at the GSPCA animal sanctuary every Sunday,seeing those poor creatures coming out of their shells and start to trust and enjoy life again keep me going!

I love my sons to bits, it goes without saying. They’re adults now and we have a great relationship, even if I do wish I could see them more often, but hey, they have their own busy lives now. Maybe my hindsight is through rose tinted specs, but I miss having kids around the place and so what keeps me going is the idea that one day I might be a grandad. It would give me a chance to do things better this time and avoid the mistakes I made with my own kids.

Hearing about my daughters day in crèche everyday, from the drama of someone being bold on the naughty step, to the beaming pride of helping the teacher with a small job… Makes the stress of the big bad world disappear everytime.

My entire family will be coming together for the first time in 8 years, this Christmas, saving and planning for us to have s great time together, keeps me going

Knowing i can do up my garden when i have a few bob saved and it will be lovely to relax in.

A Berocca in a pint glass of sparkling water… It would kick start a fighter plane.

2 things definitely keep me going, and I enjoy them both to the last; exercise and helping others! Nothing like finishing a run, that feeling of accomplishment! And helping others; you may never know what difference you can make to someone’s life by holding a door open, helping them with their shopping, or even just a few simple kind words. It might seem like it’s the little things, but they can be pretty big to those that need them!

Some days, it’s hard to keep going, whether you suffer with depression, anxiety, or are just a member of the rat race. You see people suffering on the streets, people on trolleys, women being criminalised for taking control of their own bodies – it can be very depressing…
But what does keep me going is that attitudes of people are slowly changing. 20 years ago, homosexuality was a criminal offence, now we have Marriage Equality. We have greater representation in government of men and women than ever before, Children are growing up, with less of the stigma and interference of a church and state. Mental health ambassadors are defeating the stigma of mental health issues, though these do somewhat persist, and in the last few years, people are more able to talk about their struggles, without being chastised and stigmatised. I have experienced a lot of lovely sentiment the last few days – I was a passenger in a car accident, but I am ok – and mainly it is the support, of friends, colleagues, and neighbours – even perfect strangers like a lovely woman called Frances who helped me.

What keeps me going is, while the past few years have been grim, the future is looking a lot brighter. If we keep being a little bit kinder to each other, celebrate our similarities, not our differences, and relish every possibility, we can all keep going, and keep each other going.

It’s the funny, quirky, unexpected stuff, like this week when my computer had major issues and I went on line to find a solution, not only did I find someone with an identical computer problem but he also had a ‘fix’, in four easy steps, 1, open your bedroom window as far out as is possible, 2 run across the room as fast as you can physically run, 3 throw your computer as hard as you can with maximum effort out the window, 4, shut the window…problem solved, had to laugh, when you’ve spent hours trying to sort the ‘black screen of death’ then this solution actually appeals to you, thank God for funny stuff.

Push through the bad moments and enjoy the good ones. The smell of the air after it rains and my little boys smile. Life is precious….. enjoy it…..

What else are you going to do ? Roll over and play dead, you keep on going because you have to and grab your happiness where ever you can, I am recently widowed and the shock of losing someone you love you can never be prepared for but I keep on going because I am a mother and my children are my world and I have to show them that no matter how hard life kicks you in the gut you can still find beauty in the world, something as simple as marshmallows floating on top of a cup of hot chocolate or falling around the place laughing with your friends, especially in our case we have dogs and they are a constant sorce of affection and joy in particular the goofy ones who land on your head when you are watching tele, having great friends and family that put smiles on your faces they are the best treats anyone can have and they dont cost a cent

I am going to cry with half the shit people are posting .bikes are cheap just buy one .and give it a rest .

Working in an Office, just about getting through it each and everyday. Welcomed home by 8 year old Son, saying “hi Dad, how was your day”. I’d love this cool bicycle, for my wife as she never had one growing up.

People are posting some shit .bikes are cheap buy one and give it a rest .

Fresh air getting out and doing something out doors running or walking.

Knowing that some day I can buy my own island somewhere with a nice climate and ensure that no politician, banker, journalist, or dumb ass never gets near it.

The glimpse of freedom. Im currently studying for the leaving cert and been in the same school for 15 years. Im ready to leave and the ever nearing freedom is what keeps me going everyday. (76 days to freedom)

Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee

The Lotto……. Cuz I’m full sure I’m goin to win it some day.

My daughter Zara is four, adopted from Ethiopia at 4 months weighing just 9 lbs.. When the going gets tough i visualise her little brown hand leading me on…”come on Mummy.. You can do this”. And you know what ..I can ..

Freedom

A long hot shower is my favourite daily simple pleasure! No further explanation needed!

You get to break the speed limit,pull over hot ladies,eat donuts all-day and at the end of the day when you get home,you know you have made a difference.

Realising that we all eventually progress into memory and not dwelling on regret. Make the memories something to remember.

Living with hope and hoping to live..

What keeps me going? That I am here — that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and I may contribute a verse.

Mainly reading through the journal everyday in work keeps me going the comments section makes it the standout news app there is

The fact that come the weekend, I can get away from the city, find a deserted bit of coastline. Have no Wi-Fi, no phone signal and not another human within a mile of me. That sweet feeling isolation married with the best views, sounds and smells in the world keeps me going.

Knowing I’m not the mad one ,it’s everybody else

My son and my husband every day I get to spend with them in so grateful

Having depression is a major challenge everyday to get out of bed, to face the negative thoughts that my minds broadcasts and to apply for jobs. It’s been a tough few years but the only thing that is helping me manage the black clouds of my mind is exercise. My focus is getting the long walk around my local park 5 days a week- it’s monotonous sights but it’s what I know I can manage. Exercise won’t cure my, but it keeps my body moving which is a huge challenge

Greeting everyone with a LOUD and cheery greeting! I smile I get one back

We have a whatsapp group in work….we initially set it up for meetings etc…but we do send each other a lot of funny stuff and basically have the craic on it….welcome distraction sometimes….oh and fresh coffee….lots of coffee :)

I suffer from fibromyalgia which is a total pain, I wad disabled out of my job a few years ago in my thirties and also moved away from family and friends when I married ( a wonderful man), these days when I’m well enough I help my husband in his business, he’s self employed which is tough and scary but on the days I can’t do anything it’s my dogs that keep my going, three of them are rescues (2 doberman and 1 whippet), they make me laugh, they are really gentle when necessary but insist on playing when I’m able, they cuddle in beside me on the sofa (we need a bigger one) and are just there when I’m feeling down, one of them is fantastic and somehow knows when my legs are in pain and restless, she lies with a little of her weight on my legs which give great relief. I know people will think this post a bit mad but living here where I don’t know many and I’m not a great mixer, topped of with an invisible illness my dogs are what gets me though the day.

My inhaler

I know, the banks, the banks keep me going, especially PTSB. I love credit swimming in it, drowning in it. Is that the right answer. Where do I collect me bike.

Medication!

My inner dynamo is my family. They keep me pedalling uphill, through win and rain.

What keeps me going is my voluntary work with Irish First Mothers, a group for women who were incarcerated & forced to give their infants for adoption. Seeing the resilience of these women, their care and support for each other, the compassion and empathy, something we have not experienced from others around us, restored my faith in humanity. The world was a darker place before, now, I feel I have family and unconditional love.

My beautiful children, great friends and a very excitable three year old king Charles cavalier who bounds out the door to greet me each evening on my return home from work.

What keeps me going everyday is knowing what a difference I am making with rescuing animals in need: whether it be cuddling one of my rescue cats or dog; or cleaning out the cage of my foster cat who we saved from the streets skinny feral and pregnant; or assisting other rescues with help they need for rescuing animals. If I won this it would help me so much as I don’t drive and I use the bus to get around. It would help me rescue so many more animals.

Leaving stupid comments on the journal

Ah, this is great! It’s feasting on the little wins for me! Like today…waking up in our new house, gas text from an old friend, 3 out of 4 green lights on the cycle to work and going to get a coffee from my favorite place in about 30 minutes! *airpunch*

Human kindness. In a world surrounded by negative media, terror and pressures the small but important human kindnesses that occur all around us keeps me going.
Knowing that for every bad day there are hundreds of thousands of people trying their best to make the world a nicer place for everyone. From a smile to a donation to a grand gesture. That’s what’s inportant.

Having breakfast of beans on toast with my 2 yr old granddaughter, she is so full of happiness and chat. That’s what keeps me going.

The amazying kids of the CRC who overcome such extraordinary challenge every day….. They smile and get on with it….. They inspire me to do better, to achieve more, and to appreciate life’s little joys

Due to a chronic debilitating and potentially fatal disease my medication keeps me going

My little pound dog. Makes everyday worth getting up for. After my much needed double espresso, he drags me up the road for his daily walk, alerting me to the traffic (me being hard of hearing). He’s a total goofball and makes me laugh all the time. He is small and mighty (a bit like Persil), and yes he is white. At least with this bike I might be able to keep up with the little speedy Gonzalez!!

Realising that life is a gift and we are only here for a short time in the grand scale of the universe.

I suffer with very bad depression, I’ve done some stupid things. The one thing that keeps me going is curiosity, of what tomorrow holds. To see can some mystical force relieve me of this burden. I carry a weight everyday on my shoulders. The thing that I’m curious about is where can I go tomorrow, what can I see. I walk a lot for hours on end. Be it rain, snow, sun or wind. I write everything down, take pictures, and maybe a bike could help me get further. See more. It relieves some of my anxieties about life and clears my head. To date mental health services keep discharging me with no proper set plan or help. I think it’s something I need to conquer on my own and a bike could help on this journey.

Probably the notion that things always eventually get better, we as a human race thrive when working together. Sure only yesterday SpaceX landed a massive rocket on a boat! We love in an amazing world & with a few tweaks we can truly end world hunger and enshrine world peace.

People either inspire you or they drain you – pick them wisely. me me me me me love to get a bike old one on way out.

Having a laugh with my sister, the only other person as weird as me! Spending time with my dad, cuddling his dogs. And crocheting tiny shoes for all the tiny babies in my family!

I am Loud and smiley! Everyone has to start with a grin

Fear of regret in the old age.

Knowing my daughter is going to bed tired every evening after having the craic through out the day

The expectation that when I wake each day no matter how bad the previous day was that to today will be a success

My belief in God, my love for my family and my hope in the young men I teach. The future will be amazing.

Knowing that when I wake up every day, that I have two great kids and a wonderful partner to keep me going, no matter what life throws at me.

I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too. It gives me a sense of enormous well-being.

Smile laugh be loud. And you receive joy

My daughter as she makes sure to get me up early every morning and keeps me going all day long and even sometimes at night!!!!!!!!!

Cadburys… Chocolate syrup on my porridge, chocolate butter on my scone, chocolate putting after dinner, chocolate cake for tea… Thanks Cadburys

Having chronic sinusitis it is sometimes difficult to get going in the mornings. Lately I’ve started to make a morning drink of ginger, honey and lemon juice all in hot water. It is both soothing and energising. The perfectly balanced boost that I need to get ready to tackle the day ahead. It’s all about find what works for you and then fine tuning it.

Good bread and wine.

My optimism and love of life

Laughter! ;)

Spending quality time having fun with my husband and children at the weekend. I don’t see much of them during the week because of work. I live for Friday,Saturday and Sunday so that we can get out and do things to make memories as a family

My wonderful husband who takes such great care of our family, my little baby girl and the upcoming arrival of our second baby in November keep go from strength to strength each and every day!

Knowing that one day it’ll all be over.

Redbull

What keeps me going is dreaming of naps at the weekend, eating plenty of pastries from Lidl and gossip, always!

Knowing that through my toughest times, what keeps me going is knowing that my parents will be with me through everything, no matter how hard it gets and what they have to face for me. They will always be my biggest supporters and stand by me always.

I get up each morning wanting to do better then the day before for my family and friends and know that the smallest of actions could make the biggest difference in someone’s day/life .

What gives me great pleasure every day is catching up with the progress of Atheist Ireland and knowing that there are people who work without pay to further the cause of separating church from state.

It is heartening to see that the message is getting out there and the younger generations are not prepared to sit back and live like second class citizens just because there are a group of men in a foreign country who think they have a right to eat fine food and drink the finest of wine from diamond encrusted gold goblets at the expense of the poor.
I am delighted that children are being encouraged to question adults and not just do as they are told because an adult tells them or because they are being told they will burn in a fire if they tell.

The glimpse of freedom. Currently studying for the leaving cert and have been in the same school 15 years. Im ready for the real world. 76 days till freedom!!

I put my filter coffee on, get straight down on the floor and do 2 simple exercises
(1)
Lie on back , raise upper body and legs simultaneously X 12
(2) Kneel, arms by sides, incline backwards X 12
It doesn’t matter if you can only lift a fraction, it’s increasing suppleness
This keeps me slim and fit and ready to spin off on my vintage bike when I win it!!

What keeps me going? Chocolate, decaff coffee, nicotine gum.

Walking to work everyday thinking “hmm some day il win a gorgeous bike and the soles of my feet will forever be free from blisters”…that’s what gets me through my day!xx

My Heart! – if it stopped I don’t know what I’d do!!

Educating my students and giving them a better chance of life. They are often from really broken homes and could easily go down the wrong path. Just being there for them as a support, as a disciplinarian, as a role model and a friend is the reason I get up very morning.

Getting home to my wife and kids after long 12-16 hour days. Sometimes driving the 4.5 hours back from cork.

Music

Oxygen

Knowing that there are actually ninjas out there. How could anyone sleep with that knowledge.

Living life keeps me going. You only get one shot at life.Embrace the ups and downs, stay strong, live every day as it comes. Smile,laugh,cry..make memories an happy moments with family an friends. Appreciate and the birds song, pet your cat or dog! Love everyday like it’s your last,cause you won’t get another chance. Taking a step back for 5 mins of everyday to take it all in is one of the best parts of my day.

Knowing that possibilities are always ahead of you, not behind you

Knowing why I get up of bed each day – my kids have such an amazing lifestyle in comparison to mine growing up

The expectation that when I wake up today will be the greatest day. That’s what keeps me going

Cycling through Dublin on my way to a rehearsal or performance, the joy of making music and art with wonderful people around me – that keeps me going!

Oxygen helps keep me going. And some water. Ye definitely need water. And maybe some food too.

Going to the allotments picking the food that you have grown and having a chat with the other plot holders .

Love yourself and the rest of the world falls into place, the brain is like exercise, the more you expose yourself to certain emotions then the more these emotions will stick, a bit of me time always helps as well as looking at the larger picture rather than being focused on the small things in life?

After 31 years in the same job, I’m looking forward to taking early retirement in August. I’ll have no money but I’ll be able to have my life back! I can meet my friends for lunch, go to the cinema, spend lots of time with my elderly mother and generally de-stress. Having a bike would be super as I’ll have to cut back on using the car. It will also help me keep fit which is another thing I’m looking forward to after years of sedentary work.

The thoughts of wally mooney, For Connolly and all those Shinner/Left trolls still wondering where it all went wrong, despite years of austerity, they managed to make a minimal impact at the election.
I’ll drink a glass of krug to that every day !!

I think other people have an effect on how people think and feel, if your with a bad crowd then there will always be another crowd out there that will be the opposite, not everyone is the same and people are social creatures but it does depend on what age you are as different ages calls for different needs? The rest is self discovery?

Being outdoors with my son and husband. A bonus if the weather is good, but if its raining then there’s always puddles to jump in :)

Jogging

I want to be an optimist and no matter how bad see the upside in a situation

Living life to the fullest , treat today as if it your last , dnt waste time being sad

Every evening I write down three things I am grateful for in a journal, it helps me always see the positive things in life and to appreciate what I have.

My kids keep me going… And maybe the thought of winning a bike???

A coffee after work at home while catching up in news. Always look forward to it.

Living life keeps me going. Everyday is a new day. You only get one chance at life, embrace the ups and the downs, stay strong, you never know what’s around the corner. Love yourself,love others,make magic moments with your families and friends, laugh,smile,cry..take it all in, cause you won’t get another shot at it!

What keeps me going everyday is life itself. In order to stay on this earth as long as possible I have to get up and keep going, breath and keep moving. I want to be around as long as I can to have as many moments with my husband and family as I can can. Although not all will be times I want to remember I want to have as many good and bad times and enjoy as many of the good ones as I can. And of course those little treats along the way of my favourite bar of Chocolate, a Dominos and a glass of vino at the weekend. The bike would get me out more and and help with the belly and bum x