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From Thoreau
“Mark and Bev Tindall” wrote in message news:… “Christine” wrote: was it Sartre who said that people lead lives of quiet desparation? No … It was Henry David Thoreau in “Walden’ His words should be carefully considered by modern Christians ….. it is one of my favourite books. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Henry David Thoreau “Walden and […]
Dare to be Called Stupid
by Roy Simmons So often the first time anything new and creative is proposed, it gets labeled stupid! Can’t you just hear it? “Let me get this straight, Orville. You and Wilbur are building a machine that will do what? Heavier-than-air flying machines! That is the stupidest hoax anybody ever palmed off on two gullible […]
Perseverance
One cold February day a snail started climbing an apple tree. As he inched slowly upward, a worm stuck its head from a crevice in the tree to offer some advice. “You’re wasting your energy. There isn’t a single apple up there.” The snail kept up his slow climb. “There will be when I get […]
E-meditations
E-meditation: There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. *Genuine acceptance removes fear and hiding and creates freedom to know and be known. In this freedom arises a fellowship and sharing so honest and open and real that persons involved dwell in one another. There […]
Choices
Once upon a time there was a very mean king who ruled his kingdom with an iron fist. One day he received some very distressing news. A commoner was in love with his daughter, the princess. The next day he received even more distressing news… The princess was also in love with the commoner. Well […]
C G Jung – Memories, Dreams, Reflections
“Mark and Bev Tindall” wrote in message news:… Carl Jung – “Memories, Dreams, Reflections” (Collins, Fount Paperbacks; London:1961) p.17 Like every other being, I am a splinter of the infinite deity … p. 63 It often seemed to me that religious precepts were being put in place of the will of God – which could […]
Sweet Revenge Part of the Game
Sweet revenge part of the game of life By Ross Gittins April 10, 2004 Experiments by psychologists have contradicted the economists’ assumptions that we’re all self-centred individualists. It turns out that people typically have a well-developed sense of fairness and often co-operate with others rather than competing with them. But don’t get the idea we’re […]
Birth Month For the Best Adult Health
April 2004 Birth Month For the Best Adult Health People who are born in December are quite possibly healthier than the rest of us–and a lot healthier than those born in March. Medical experts from a variety of prestigious research institutions, including Stanford University, Southwest Missouri State University, and Stanley Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, […]
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
“Mark and Bev Tindall” wrote in message news:… Stephen R Covey’s ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ (The Business Library; Melbourne: 1989) is a business philosophy which has application to daily life. The seven habits in summary are: PRIVATE VICTORY 1 – Be proactive (Principles of personal vision) 2 – Begin with the end […]
Using more than a small part of us
From a friend: Hi I was struck by this quote, which came my way today and evoked in me a desire to make sure I use far more than a small part of myself for the sake of the kingdom of God: “One of the saddest experiences which can come to human beings is to […]
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