October 1, 2014
I drove my son to the water sports centre this evening and as we approached we could see there were a large group of visiting Orthodox Jews over from Israel enjoying a couple of hours of kayaking, rowing and messing about in the giant swan pedalos. They have visited before and quite honestly it’s comical. […]
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October 1, 2014
There’s an old saying “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime”. Essentially the message here is to understand and deal with the cause and not just the symptom of a problem. Procrastination is an affliction that probably stifles […]
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October 1, 2014
Gambling addiction is rife and growing. If you want to lose money you can do so twenty four hours a day from the comfort of your own home in all manner of ways. The promise of glory coupled with an all but certain guarantee of financial ruin, emotional destruction, bitter disappointment and self loathing. When […]
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October 1, 2014
Having a coffee with Martin last week he used a phrase which struck a deep chord with me. When referring to the process of change that we find ourselves going through he described it as “turning the earth”. Beautiful. We probably underestimate the extent to which we change. Even in imperceptible ways we are adjusting, […]
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This week I bought some plums which, I accept, is unremarkable. I like plums a lot and these were a source of particular delight because they were also reduced in price presumably only a day from their use by date and destined for fruity oblivion. To say that they were a disappointment would be a […]
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