Archive for December, 2010
Our Christmas with Ginger: Eat, Pray, Love
Posted by: | CommentsI think dogs are the most amazing creatures. They give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. Gilda Radner
Nothing quite prepared us for our first Christmas with Ginger. Those of you who have been following our blog know that Ginger, our little cocker spaniel entered our lives rather dramatically last Spring. Like the proverbial guest who came to dinner, she stayed and became part of our family and captured our hearts in very short order.
The transition from perplexed pup, quite bewildered at having been suddenly beamed into the home of relative strangers to beloved and inseparable member of the family, happened relatively quickly .
But the subtle lessons in life she taught us , came to us like the gift of the Magi at Christmas time.
I call this the Eat, Pray, Love formula of Gingers existence.
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Your Daily Schedule: Is your Time True to Your Goals?
Posted by: | CommentsA schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labour with both hands at sections of time. Annie Dillard.
As we start to approach the year’s end, we begin to reflect on whether we achieved the goals of the past year? How much progress did we make? How many new excuses have we made to defend the lack of progress.
A couple of years ago I attended a seminar by a young man who was wise beyond his years. As we grow older, time seems to fly by and we don’t seem to know where it went, and its another year gone, never to return, without us having realized our dreams.
But this young man had realized the importance of capturing the moment and of making it work for him. And achieve phenomenal success before he was 25 years old!
Few do. That is why so few are able to stand up for what they truly want and achieve it. We have heard it oft repeated that Time is the one commodity that everyone is given equally – whether rich or poor, educated or not, privileged or less favoured. How we spend it determines our future. Read More→
Avoiding Manipulation: How Not to be a Puppet on a String
Posted by: | CommentsAlmost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly. -Charles Fort
Lets face it- we think we have a choice in all that we say and do. However we are not as free as we think we are.
If you have ever found yourself doing something you did not want to do, against your own will and inclination, and did it anyway – you have just been successfully manipulated. Just like a puppet on a string.
Regardless of how we feel or think about the subject of manipulation, the truth is that all of us manipulate others in some form at some time or another – even if we give it a fancy name like outcome engineering.
Unfortunately we are also manipulated by others and when we recognize it, we are dismayed and don’t really know what to do about it.
The choice is in our hands and the trick is to recognize the different types of manipulators and to beat them at their own game. Here are some clues to help you recognize the different types of manipulative styles and how to deal with them. Read More→
Archie Comics: Which Character Are You?
Posted by: | CommentsIn the right hands, comics are an excellent medium for revealing character with a few concise words and lines. Michael Berry
Much is said against the educational properties of the colourful comic book that children and many adults like to read. Although I am a voracious book worm, I think it is time to speak in defence of that much maligned, much loved medium of entertainment and instruction, and the ways in which it has inspired, educated and influenced my thinking, formed my character and moulded my life. Read More→
