You decide . . .
“To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to achieve your own dreams.”Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, 09/11/2016
Month: November 2016
Say it like it is . . .
Seen on the back of the white van in front of me on a tediously slow, boringly stop-and-start journey home: Wonderful! Sometimes it’s what you don’t say.
BFN . . .
“You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I hold conversations. I am a listener.” Jimmy Young, CBE (1921-2016)
Different together . . .
A major belief of Gestalt theory is that of something existing both as a whole and of its interacting parts that can be separated and analysed. And Edgar Rubin’s discovery (1915) of figure-ground perception in Gestalt psychology, leads us to those puzzling images where some of us see one thing, some another, and some of us… Read More Different together . . .
Who could argue . . .
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection… Read More Who could argue . . .
Pay attention . . .
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” Ernest Hemingway
Come on Eileen . . .
Inspiration comes from the most unlikely places . . . On a day’s boat trip around the Greek isles this summer, we cast off in the morning with the jolly Captain, all passengers a little unsure of each other and keeping themselves to themselves. Half-way into the voyage, we had to turn round (I’m sure there’s an… Read More Come on Eileen . . .
Sometimes it’s the little things . . .
Just maybe . . .
Scrawled on a wall in Corfu Town, Greece: “Maybe it’s not about the happy end. Maybe it’s about the story.” G.D.
It’s hard, but . . .
A woman was sitting in her car at the traffic lights, watching vehicles from the opposite direction turn the corner and come onto her road. The traffic was busy and fairly fast-moving, so she was surprised by a car that stopped, mid-corner, to let a pedestrian complete their passage across the road. Her first thought… Read More It’s hard, but . . .
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