Category: Inspirational
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The Hundred-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared.
“The violently burning tanker now drifted along the edge of the quay towards the center of the town. During this last journey, it set fire to all the houses along its route, a distance of 2.2 Kilometers. The wind was coming from the South-East that day, so it didn’t take more than twenty-five minutes before,…
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The Funny Side of an American President
Originally posted on The archive of Elizabeth-Jane: Originally published in the Wits Vuvuzela on July 25, 2018 Barack Obama talks at the Nelson Mandela annual lecture. …
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A House Divided against Itself – Part Three
It seemed within in a mere matter of days that life in the household resumed its usual ways and the Australian adventure had lost its focus; but this was only short lived.
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Sylvia Rose’s Story – Part Seven
The UAE was never ready for me When the ‘almost husband’ invited me to come and spend Christmas with him in the UAE I was ecstatic. Firstly because I have never traveled abroad. I know right, 46, and never traveled internationally! But the main reason was that I would get to spend five whole weeks…
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A House Divided against Itself – Part Two
The trip to Australia and the stringent interviewing process, which was conducted over three, sixteen hour, days was a real eye opener for the Father and ended with him and two others being thanked for their attendance and participation. The three candidates were told that they would be notified about the results of the interview…
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A House Divided Against Itself
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided”. Abraham Lincoln – In his speech to…
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Sylvia Rose’s Story – Part Six
It is such a Mysterious Place, the Land of Tears It is a secret place the land of tears (The little Prince – Antoine de Saint St Exupery). The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery is my favorite book, I have read it over 50 times, and still revert back to it today. For…
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Opportunity
Every single day, in so many ways, opportunities cross our path. Each time an opportunity happens to reveal itself you have (you guessed it) two choices. You take the opportunity and run with it. You let it pass you by.
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The Most Beautiful Garden in the World
The most beautiful and dynamic garden in the world is the human mind. In it grow all manner of thoughts. Every imaginable species of thoughts grow there; happily they grow alongside each other; which is quite surprising really, considering how different they all are. Whilst they jostle, like the occupants of any garden, for prominence,…
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A Flight to Fairyland
Originally posted on Love Your Life Adopt Your Purpose: ? Have you ever been to Fairyland? I realize that no one has ever asked you this question before….but I’m being quite serious, have you ever been to Fairyland? Surely, you will have to think quite hard, back to the hazy days of your childhood, when…
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