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“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” – Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) American architect and engineer.
Happiness
Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life: Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle […]
Rite of Passage
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of passage? His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry […]
Death-bed thoughts…
You’ve heard the well-known ‘On our death-bed no one says “I wish I’d spent more time at the office, but more with my family/partner/children” …’ A guy wrote in his will ‘I want all my money buried with me.’ It created consternation in his family when he died and they read the will. But his […]
Perth man auctions ‘life’ on eBay
March 18, 2008 – 3:51PM A man in Australia is auctioning his life – his house, his job, his clothes and his friends – on eBay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life. “It’s time to move. A completely fresh start. I want to see where life takes me,” […]
Religious people more likely to be happy
From Times Online March 18, 2008 Joanna Sugden The more religious you are the happier you are likely to be according to new research. A study of the effect of religion on quality of life claims that religious people are happier the more often they go to church and pray. The research, presented to the […]
Gentle Bunny
(From a Usenet newsgroup): ORIGINAL VERSION: I am a gentle bunny. I will listen carefully before I speak. I am a gentle bunny. I will think before I speak. I am a gentle bunny. I will remember that when I speak I can hurt others. Will what I say cause others pain? I am a […]
The Importance of Sadness
Sadness has a direct line to the soul February 27, 2008 OURS are ominous times. We are on the verge of eroding away our ozone layer. Within decades we could face severe oceanic flooding. We are close to annihilating hundreds of animal species. Soon our forests will be as bland as pavement. Moreover, we find […]
Stealing back time
There are never enough hours in the day! Where has the year gone?! Is it that time already? These are the common questions of a society out of time; a society like ours, in which we have so much we want to do, or as Bono puts it ‘where freedom looks like too many choices’. […]
A Healthy Approach to Dying
Question for your church small group: Here’s a very healthy attitude towards dying by a professor who probably wouldn’t say he was a Christian (I could be wrong there – but he talks about karma etc.). Now I’ve met Christians who are not been as peaceful about dying as this guy; and others who are […]
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