Some say that....

....money makes the world go round. Others feel equally sure that it is love. Scientists, though, say that the Earth rotates due to a series of gravitational forces. And that it will continue to do so regardless of how much cash or emotion there is in the world. 

We may never know the truth. But this much at least we do know; without love, the world can turn as much as it wants to - but it will mean very little to any of us.

Doubt is a pain that is too lonely to know that faith is its twin brother.   (Kahlil Gibran)

None of us has led....

....a blameless life. We all have skeletons in our closet we rather regret, and which should prevent us from sitting in judgement on others. If scientists ever do invent a time machine, they would face a stampede of volunteers, keen to test the principle by returning to some moment in their own past that they would desperately love to change. But the inability to rewrite history doesn't automatically equate to a reason to run away.

In taking ownership of the truth, no matter how difficult it might be, we effectively negate whatever power it may otherwise have to hurt us.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, 

but in the end, there it is.    (Winston Churchill)

The only method of treatment....

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Somebody very famous....

....once said something like - 'An eye for an eye, will make the whole world blind.' We are born blessed with a natural understanding of the need to be fair and just. If someone does us a favour, we feel a powerful, instinctive urge to do a favour for them in return. And should a disservice or an injustice be meted out, we must work hard to repress the impulse to meet like with like.

Yet whilst it is fine to reciprocate generosity, it is never wise to justify revenge. Focus only on payback of a positive, constructive, kind.

Create a life that feels good on the inside, not one that just looks good on the outside.

In our overtly....

....materialistic world, we often equate 'the best' with 'the most expensive'. Yet, though the best things in life are not always free, they are rarely as costly as some of the more outrageously priced alternatives.

And once we stop measuring value in financial terms and look at human qualities like integrity, loyalty, sympathy and intelligence, we soon realise that these are factors which nobody can ever put a price on yet which all of us can afford to prioritise.

Always do what you're afraid to do  (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Even people who are....

.... set in their ways aspire to an ability to find new ways! We cannot help but take an interest in far horizons. We want to know what's out there, waiting to be explored. We may just take an academic interest. We may feel that we have no real desire to go on an adventure but nonetheless, those potential adventures interest us. 

Much the same can be said about the desire to experiment with fresh ideas. You are not obliged to embark on a path that may lead to major change but if you genuinely want to, what's stopping you?

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - 

that's why we recommend it daily.   (Zig Ziglar)

The starting position....