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100 words – whose agenda is it anyway?
Yours? Mine? Secret? Hidden? I realized today that I’ve spent a long time – decades - hosting surrogate agendas. I have taken the agendas of those around me - especially those I love – and followed...
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100 words – Omnia vincit caritas
The Greeks distinguished four types of “love”: éros – passionate love with sensual desire and longing; philia – friendship and loyalty; storge – natural affection as between parent and child; and agápe...
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100 words – why say no when yes will do…?
How easy it is to say no; to find a reason – any reason – to conserve the status quo. And yet an offer or invitation that takes us away from this comfort zone is also a priceless gift – the gift of an...
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100 words – jungle drums
Today I heard comments from someone on an earlier post of mine that they hadn’t actually read, but heard of second hand. I’m smiling. My initial reaction was what right did they have to comment without...
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100 words – clearing up my mess; moving on
I’ve spent five months struggling with a situation that has caused me to question the very essence of who I am and my values. It was recently suggested to me that there are only three pre-requisites to...
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Casting off the bow lines
This post – the sixth in the flurry of writing I’ve done over the last two or three weeks – marks a turning point. Several things have happened over the last week that mark a significant change in my...
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School Re-onion
Nature. Nurture. I’ll leave that to the psychologists to debate. But I notice having met with some old school friends I’ve not seen for over twenty years that whilst both have played their role, nature...
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I love you too much
[ This post I actually wrote in April last year, but never posted. Now seems as good a time as any :) ] I wondered what this means – how can my love be “too much”? I’m not even sure how you quantify...
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Not been here before…
I’ve not been on this blog for over a year and haven’t written a blog for 18 months. So I thought I would come back and write. Returning to something or somewhere or someone is – as a rule – easy, at...
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Highway to hell: heart, mind and body
As many of you know, yesterday I competed in the Zurich Seville Marathon. My first marathon, and definitely not my last, as – beyond my enthusiasm after the event – I am already registered for...
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