Is Too Much Expected of You?
We have an epidemic of busyness. How many people do you know who constantly tell you they are too busy, or stretched, to enjoy life? Maybe you are one of them? Here are some ideas that might help.
A Theory Can Limit Your Vision
A theory can induce partial blindness by preventing you from allowing that other possibilities exist. A theory can be enticing, and so comfortable, particularly when it involves common sense.
Kindness
Kindness is a virtue that seems to be in short supply. I expect that most of us think of ourselves as kind, as we daily dissuade ourselves from putting it into practice as often as we could.
(Some) People Should Lighten Up
We quite often hear people using the media to complain about humour being a sign of disrespect. But it ain't necessarily so. We have reason to be suspicious of those who claim that humour is out of place. When it's genuine, that is.
Motivation and Inspiration are SO Not It
If there’s a job that needs doing you can wait a long time for motivation, particularly when its a job you don’t really want to do. Wanting to do it, being ready and energised by the force of inspiration, spontaneous flashes of creativity and all the rest might happen. That’s a bonus, but not a requirement.
You Are Not Your Problem
Change can happen in an instant, and just because a problem has been around a long time it doesn't follow that it has to tak a long time to be free of it. But change only becomes possible when the problem is put in its rightful place.
Fifty Shades of Green
In a world where everything is connected the one thing that we find difficulty in gaining instant access to is ourselves. This causes all sorts of problems, but it's easily remedied. Being able to pay attention in a purposeful way is a good starting point.
Life’s Not Fair, Nor Are Some People
It's easy to lash out when you are unhappy about something, but that's a reaction that rarely provides a solution.
Magical Phrase, or Turn-Off?
Research is very important isn't it? The trouble is, it's often reduced to a meaningless add-on in the media and our conversations. If an idea is worth discussing surely we can evaluate it for ourselves?
