Are you sitting comfortably?....

.....Then I'll begin - Once upon a time, a long long time ago there was a farmer. One day, he broke his plough. So he set off to borrow a replacement. At first, he felt optimistic, 'My neighbour is a nice fellow. He won't mind helping out.' While he was walking, he grew doubtful. 'What if he says no? After all, we compete for business at the local market.' By the time he arrived, he felt so angry that when the door was opened, he punched the other farmer in the face saying, 'That serves you right for being so mean.'

 

 

Don't prejudge a problem, or you may make it worse.

 

 

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. (Seneca)

Apparently, there are internationally....

....acclaimed psychics who can reliably tell you whether you are thinking of a square, a circle, a cross or a triangle. Acclaimed by whom?  You may well ask!!  Even if their success rate is not a hundred percent, they defy the laws of chance if they are accurate sixty percent of the time. Still though, such an ability does not guarantee an infallible understanding of everything that someone else happens to be thinking.

 

 

 

 

You can't expect anyone to be a mind reader.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.    (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Years ago there was some old....

....Greek guy called Heraclitus.  He's reputed to have said 'History is a child building a sand castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of humanity's power in the world.' A wise old man, it seems.  Then again, did he say it?  Many of his writings are lost to us, apart from where other philosophers have quoted him.

 

 

But there is still a nice sense of perspective here, and it may prove very helpful for any of us to keep such a view in mind when we evaluate the importance of a plan or project which is perhaps taking more energy and concentration than it may deserve.

 

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.  (Native American Proverb, Tribe Unknown)

Happy New Year....

....I hope and pray that 2015 is very good to all of you

Love comes to everyone....

....Sooner or later, it makes its way into every life, no matter how bleak or how loveless. When love comes knocking on our door though, we are not obliged to let it in. We can close the curtains and pretend we are not at home. Or we can act so unlovable, for so long, as to drive away all who might otherwise stop to offer affection. Love, too, takes many forms of which romance is but one.

 

 

 

We should never dismiss an emotional connection just because it operates at one level and not another.

Everyone wants happiness. No one wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow, without a little rain.

'Concentrate. Focus. Think hard....

....Chocolate. Pay attention. Work. Detail. Diligence. Haircuts. Responsibility. Commitment. Dedication. Dance music...'   It is not always easy to keep our minds fixed on a single matter. We are bound to be distracted and it is inevitable that events will oblige us to divide our time - especially at this time of year.

 

 

 

Do not be too hard on yourself if you cannot achieve all you want to.  Just do your best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone is praying for the things you take for granted.

Who is the current....

....Chancellor of the Exchequer? What year is it? How would you get home from here?   With questions like these, "experts" sometimes have to make a rough and ready assessment of somebody's state of mental clarity. As long as they can give clear answers, it hardly matters how off-the-wall they may be in other respects. Yet the true gauge of sanity is a little more complex and subtle.

 

 

Even if you can't fully articulate your reasons for making a particular choice, it doesn't automatically follow that you are wrong.

 

 

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.     (Epicurus)