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Everything is not easy
How much are you trying to get done in a typical day? After the second world war industry began creating conveniences designed to make our lives easier. Their purpose was to give us more time for enjoyment. Working less made sense. The conveniences available today were unimaginable 50 years ago. Cooking and cleaning are rarely…
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The perfect career
Have you found your perfect career, an occupation you’re happy to contribute a significant portion of your life to? If not, maybe you shouldn’t even try. The experts advise that the majority will be changing careers every ten years. The world appears to be changing fast. Is there a non-career alternative? Think of it this…
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Through the eyes of a child
The child looks to the adult to learn about the world. The adult looks to the child to forget about the world. It is ironic that children can’t wait to grow up, thinking that adults somehow represent the high point of creative freedom. A short immersion in the world of work finds the adult looking…
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When words fail us
Words are symbols that help us negotiate the world. It’s only by agreement that they are able to do this. We understand what the word ‘bird’ describes. There are hundreds of varieties of birds with wingspans ranging from a few inches to a dozen feet (Albatross) but that one word defines something quite distinct. Words…
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Choose your own independence
Today is independence day in the US and I’m celebrating my own liberation. As of this day I am free from the limitations of my past, from my old ways of thinking and from the knowledge of how my life should be lived. I am no longer attached to my possessions nor to the beliefs…
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Living with courtesy and respect
I had taken my children to a fast-food restaurant for lunch. My daughter was 8 and my son was 4. An incident occurred that disturbed my daughter deeply. My son was absorbed in the coloring of his kids-meal menu and didn’t notice. There was one other family in the restaurant, a father and mother with…