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The Little Desert Pea
There is much to learn in nature. Possibly the only thing Nature can’t teach us is how to get on with other humans… or how to repair a motorcycle. Still, there is much to learn. What doesn’t kill us makes us strong, it is said. And what does it take to be strong? Resiliance, perseverance,…
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Himself
The last thing I saw before turning out the light last evening and getting into bed was the outline of my husband’s work boots where he left them in the courtyard. It is often the little things that endear our loved ones to us isn’t it? As I looked at them neatly placed at the…
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Finke follow-on
To those of you who are interested… the Finke race finishes today but for our Chad it finished late yesterday. He had a crash about 40k into the 240k first leg and injured his shoulder (the one he injured very badly several years ago). Keen to finish, he struggled on, trying to tightly hold the…
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Something or nothing?
For some reason I seem to think it is part of my mission in life to share small insights with you. Dear readers, I hope you will not think it too self indulgent of me to share the following… Some days our psyches need to do some catching up, a bit like a computer that…
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Life at 60
The days are long, but the years are short” -Third Splendid Truth, ‘The Happiness Project’ It’s not every day a person turns 60. Some never make it at all. So I am grateful for every fleeting year. After posting recently on the topic of grief, it seems…
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Mother’s Day
Even though I don’t particularly enjoy the commercial aspect of Mother’s Day, it is my favourite holiday. American Thanksgiving is the second. They are both about being grateful for what you have. I woke up today, Mother’s Day 2013 to rain. Not just rain, actually, it is pelting down! Living in an arid zone that…
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Be a duck.
Let’s say for a moment that ducks are part of reality, as we know it. (for a reality check, read blogger Ido Lanuel: http://idolanuel.com/2012/07/19/the-duck1/) Two ducks are skimming placidly along the surface of a lake. Suddenly for no apparent reason they seem to have a disagreement. Perhaps one got a bit of plankton the other…
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Ten Thousand Hours
Are you excellent at something? Anything? Hard question to answer about oneself as it is rather subjective, but probably most of us have some idea. To become excellent at something most of us must have spent about 10 years or 10,000 hours doing it. And it can’t be just mindless repetition, it needs to be…
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Feeding an ego.
The ego loves to complain and feel resentful. It loves to feel superior. What it cannot abide is indifference. It has come to my realisation in recent years that most troubles between humans come from our inability to control our own egocentric behaviour and our reactions to it in others. Ego is a necessary part…
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Do it.
The other day I was on a mission to try and save the painting I was working on. It was a painful struggle all day. I even began questioning why I was painting at all. I wasn’t particularly enjoying myself, the results were not satisfying, I would never be a great artist, why, why, why? …
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