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Simple can be difficult
I recently had the opportunity to sit in a group and work through some unresolved tension between some of the group members. The method used for relieving the tension was so simple – good communication. Everyone spoke in turn, without interruption. People took their time, there was no rush, there was time to think about…
Rain drops…
As I write I can hear rain drops pitter patter-ing on the roof light, it’s a lovely sound at night when you are warm and cozy and do not need to go outside. We did get some really nice weather week before last and made good use of it too! A couple of friends from…
The Emperors New Clothes
I just had to post about this – is the new emperor (elect) wearing the same suit of clothes? The following paragraph is an excerpt from a email newsletter from the OCA, an American Organic Consumers Association – Over the past month, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has been alerting our nationwide network about Obama’s…
New Beginnings
Blian Núa Shona Dhuit – Happy New Year to you and those you love. My global wish (hey, why not be ambitious?) is that we all learn to prioritise the truly important things in life and concentrate less on the superficial and commercial. I had a lovley break over the Christmas, didn’t even check my…
GM or not to GM
Tonight I was watching a regular program on one of our national tv channels, the program Ear To The Ground focuses on rural and agricultural issues and tonight the featured discussion was on genetically modified food crops. Sadly I didn’t find it a balanced piece, i thought that it was slanted in favour of GM,…
Detachment – phew!
I have been working really hard to practise some detachment. They say that practise makes perfect – I have yet to find out! I am trying to separate people from their actions. When I see a child misbehave I find it easy to to know that I don’t see a bad child, I see a…