Starting anew . . .
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Always on your side . . .
Should you socialise with your colleagues outside work? (BBC Business, 21 December 2016) discusses how we rate the people we work with, and whether they might be seen as friends or simply acquaintances. The choice, of course, should be the individual’s – as long as people at work can be respectful to each other and… Read More Always on your side . . .
Questions, questions . . .
I was sharing with a confidante how much I admire the value of honesty. I waxed lyrical about how it’s the value I prize above all others, how I struggle with anyone who’s dishonest, how I don’t deal very well with people at work who I can’t trust because they’ve been known not to tell… Read More Questions, questions . . .
Exhausted all options?
Really? Are you sure? Might there be another option?
Can you do nothing?
Over Christmas, I played a gloriously silly game with my family where we had to guess the words or phrase on a card just from looking at an image trying to convey their meaning. It was an innocent, funny family moment, and we each had our own talents and preferences that shone through and enabled us… Read More Can you do nothing?
Being authentic . . .
“Wait a minute, I’m thinking, was this another one of those conversations where what is meant and what is being said are not the same thing?” Peter Hedges (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape)
Are you being challenged?
“There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.” Michel de Montaigne
The best thing . . .
In a most wonderful episode of The Listening Project (BBC Radio 4, 04 January 2017), two sisters (aged 13 and 11 years) share their amazingly positive viewpoint on life. Speaking about a background that has also touched me personally, their words were a joy. If you get 5 minutes (and that’s all you’ll need), do… Read More The best thing . . .
Accept yourself . . .
How to accept yourself for who you are? See what the experts say – BBC News, 14 December 2016.
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