Some days you feel a little spent. You’ve worked hard all week, each day longer than the next. Your job might be a pleasure, like mine – but sometimes the most pleasurable job can wear you out. So you watch tv or surf the net to unwind, maybe even late into the night. You tell …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
My Business Cards
I am going to put a blog logo on my business cards. Here’s what my cards look like now on the front… … and on the back … Here is the blog logo that I am going to put in to the next version of the business cards: So that’s what my new cards will …
Life-Love #25: A sunny moment on a cold, grey day
Cold weather can be so pleasant. A chill breeze sets your cheeks afire, makes you feel things more acutely. Your muscles contract to warm you, your skin awash in waves upon wave of goose bumps that come with an electric thrill. However, on the odd grey, humid day, your skin can feel a little clammy, …
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Life-Love #24: Welcoming someone different from you.
We love the idea of having an opponent. It’s reassuring to think that you have a competitor against whom you must organise to preserve order and your interests. This is, however, a very divisive approach to social life. It encourages us to think of others with suspicion. It makes us want to turn those around …
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Life-Love #23: The moment you realise that love is happiness.
We are surrounded by selfishness. We judge one another by what we wear, who our parents were, how good looking we are. We objectify and categorise the people around us. This isn’t human and it feels empty. It makes us chase the empty chalices of fashion and prestige. But sometimes we are shocked back into …
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Life-Love #22: Watching the leaves change colour
Time walks on, the rhythm of its steps is the heartbeat by which we gauge how our lives are going. Some of the most powerful symbols of the passing of the days and the months are all around us, in nature. Spring, summer and winter all bring changes in climate that change our habits, our …
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Life-Love #21: Being woken up in the morning by a pet’s little face
I am not a morning person and it can be a challenge for me actually disconnect my head from the fluffy paradise of my pillow in the morning. Sleep is such a luxurious time in these days of running and faxing and phoning and shopping and meeting. It’s that blissful time when the eyes and …
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