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Hope and disappointment
M L King: ‘… Our willing acceptance of unwanted and unfortunate circumstances even as we still cling to radiant hope, our acceptance of finite disappointment even as we adhere to infinite hope… This is not the grim, bitter acceptance of the fatalist, but the achievement found in Jeremiah’s words, “This is a grief, and I […]
Happiness
What/where is happiness? The ancient parable says it all: A beggar had been begging at the same place all his life. He wanted to be rich, but he was poor. When he died they found a treasure of gold buried just under the place where he had been begging… Avagooddayeveryone!
Risk-taking
On the plains of hesitation, bleach the bones of countless millions who, on the threshold of victory, sat down to wait, and in waiting, died. -Wiliiam Moulton Marston Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. -T.S. Eliot One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to losing […]
What to do with a problem
From a Facebook friend: “Many of us engage in too much navel gazing perhaps… I think the more one dwells on ones own problems the more ‘crazy’ one becomes. I like Joyce Meyer’s advice: If you’re drowning in problems, get your mind off yourself and go find someone else you can help. You not only […]
The Devil Loves Cell Phones
Silence isn’t just golden — it’s heavenly. Published Oct 22, 2009 From Newsweek magazine issue dated Nov 2, 2009 It’s not hard to imagine hell as a place that is very, very noisy. In The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis’s Devil detests music and silence. Hell, he crowed, was filled with furious noise: “the audible […]
Trouble
In response to this status-comment I put on Facebook: Heard on a BBC broadcast yesterday: ‘When someone says “Life is hard” I’m tempted to respond “Compared to what?”‘. I have at least two problems with that clever – or not-so-clever – retort. Do you? Someone wrote (wisely): It’s hard to think of a clearer a […]
Life is Hard
Heard on a BBC broadcast yesterday (in the car en route from Bathurst to Sydney, after a terrific reunion of our cohort of teacher-trainees of 50 years ago!): ‘When someone says “Life is hard” I’m tempted to respond “Compared to what?”‘. I have at least two problems with that clever – or not-so-clever – retort. […]
Be Careful
“Be careful with your thoughts, for your thoughts inspire your words. Be careful with your words, for your words precede your actions. Be careful with your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful with your habits, for your habits build your character. Be careful with your character, for your character decides your destiny.” […]
Confidence
27 October 2009 Confidence is immensely important Bill Ellis, in a recent feature article of the Assist News Service titled ‘Shattered confidence can be devastating’, states the obvious: “To lose confidence is a haunting and hurting negative that robs life of its blessings and happiness. It brings fear and distrust. To lose confidence in one’s […]
Isn’t That Nice? (But don’t these balloons litter the landscape?)
A five-year-old boy from Buckinghamshire received a personal message from the Queen after she found a balloon he had released. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8310816.stm Charlie Castle was one of about 50 schoolchildren who released balloons during an end-of-term farewell at his school near High Wycombe in July. The Queen came across it about 14 miles away, in the […]
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