Tag: Words of Wisdom
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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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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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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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Land Grabbing
What is Land Grabbing?
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The Other Side of Bad Attitude
“Excuse me, that suitcase is mine” a very concerned gentleman with raised voice, lower down on the baggage conveyor said anxiously. “No sir, its mine”. I retorted, somewhat irritated by his attitude and particularly the level of his voice.
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The stories we tell ourselves.
Originally posted on Thriving Under Pressure: Flooded with helplessness. A friend of mine recently returned home from vacation to find his newly constructed house flooded. The feelings of helplessness that followed were magnified by the story he was telling himself on repeat. That he was an idiot. Naive. A loser. Stupid for not knowing better.…
Love Your Life Adopt Your Purpose 