Every morning I sit with Bubba and have breakfast. I used to cover her in a kind of backward shirt so she wouldn’t get food stains all over her, now I cover myself. Proximity to someone who is learning how to throw is a dangerous business. <—- This one IS trouble, I can tell you.
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People are currently talking about Facebook and how addictive it is. They’re talking about how impressionable (young and old) minds are being swayed this way and that. They’re talking about how perhaps Facebook should be forced to do this and that, and perhaps generally not be so interesting. Maybe. I’m trivialising and being dramatic. All at
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If there is one thing I could tell my younger self, it would be the following. It would save so much heart ache, stress and delay I can’t tell you how much. I feel it’s possibly very important for you too, that’s why I sat down and tapped this out. So pay attention – yes,
(<— Here’s a picture of how being kind to yourself which allows you to be awesome might look) Last blog I talked about President Obama and how he constantly taught his daughters to “be kind, be helpful”. But how can you be kind and be helpful to others unless you also are kind and helpful
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I was reading an article by former President Obama’s official photographer recently. This guy lived in Obama’s pocket for several years, so got to know Obama very well. The thing that struck me was what Obama repeatedly told his daughters – and given the world and it’s seeming current emphasis on division and trolling and
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I’m back from my holidays! How wonderful is it to travel? It is one of my favourite things. I love seeing new places and eating new food. That’s the main reason – I think my life revolves around food. Food, food, and more food. Oh – I’m getting distracted. Here’s what I learnt in my
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Ever seen a film that you really wanted to see and you’re really getting into – and you have that annoying friend who keeps asking: “wait – what was that about?” – wanting to discuss and question and analyse the whole thing, the whole time, pulling you out of the magic of the film and
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It can be tough this path. You’d think being present and making the most of life is a simple thing. Well – actually it IS simple, it’s just that your opponent is a little tricky. And when I say “tough” I don’t mean it takes effort – but having the stubbornness of a mule is
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The thing about humans is that we are incredible time-travellers. We need no machines – we’re all over the place in our heads. We are SO good at time travelling, we rarely spend any time here. True! It’s the world’s greatest problem. Being able to be fully here for any significant length of time without
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There is a very wise man called Dan John. His specialty is training people to get strong (I guess – my specialty is not, so I’m not 100% sure). What I love is that as well as being into muscles, he’s a philosopher as well – he lectures in Religious Studies at a university level.
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