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World Mental Health Day: Don't Chase The World
DON'T CHASE THE WORLD
Why do I feel such a waste of space?
Why is life always such a race -
To emulate, or, better yet
To surpass the success with which others have met?
Is this the world in which I live?
Is this the future I wish to give
To those who follow on...
Posted at 00:33am on 10th October 2018
Book Club: Sensible Shoes - Who Are You & Where Have You Come From?
WHO ARE YOU? GUILT RIDDEN?
You pick up the phone, an unknown voice asks: 'Is that the owner of the house?' Indeed, sometimes they may address you by name. And what is your immediate response? Mine is never to affirm the query but to ask, 'Who are...
Posted at 09:55am on 10th September 2018
Suicide Prevention Day: The Trauma For Those Left Behind
THE TRAUMA FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND
I spent the morning speaking with a male friend, of longstanding, whose mother took her own life when he was in his mid-teens. Coincidence? I had no idea that today, Monday 10th September, 2018 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Nor that my...
Posted at 08:04am on 10th September 2018
Hirschsprung, Ibs, Abdominal Pain & A Low Fodmap Diet: Reintroduction Table
Having been diagnosed only twenty-five years ago as suffering from Hirschspung - an intestinal disorder I was born with - I have endured decades of pain and embarrassment. Then, thanks to my lovely daughter - a teacher, who is good at directing her pupils and nagging where necessary -...
Posted at 07:46am on 4th August 2018
Book Club: Sensible Shoes - Whose Do You Walk In? Who Are You?
Who are you? Whose shoes do you walk in? Is this a question you've ever ask? No. I don't mean do you ask it of other people. That's not British! Downright rude, in fact. So - who are you? Is this something...
Posted at 04:27am on 13th July 2018
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In The Days Of Rain - Book Club Verdict 'a Rivetting Read'
THRILLER OR HORROR STORY?
If reading In the Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott didn't bring tears to your eyes, hearing the testimony of two members of my Book Club would certainly do so! Brought up in the Exclusive Brethren, they tell a tale of trauma of unimaginable scale: the...
The Book Thief By Markus Zusak - Book Club Discussion
Words, words, words. Too many of them thought some members of my Book Club. But words, and their critical importance for good and evil - particularly when used by Adolph Hitler in the lead up to World War II - were the theme of The Book Thief by...
Posted at 07:57am on 20th March 2018
When Helping Hurts - Book Club Discussion Summary
How does it make you feel when you help someone out? Or when you give to charity? Big time! Go on. Be honest. Inevitably, it makes us feel good about ourselves. Doesn't it? But what about when someone offers to help us...
Posted at 04:52am on 27th February 2018
Archbishop A Novel By Michele Guinness - Book Club Discussion Of Media Hysteria
MEDIA HYSTERIA & PUBLIC EXPECTATION
One of the things my Book Club loved about this book, was the way humour was used to hammer home the truths we all need to know. With the enormous pressure upon her, newly elected Archbishop Vicky is all too aware of how little time...
Posted at 04:03am on 12th January 2018
Archbishop By Michele Guinness: Book Club Discussion On Personal Discipleship & Service
Personal Discipleship & Service
(Quotes from the book - with permission from Michele Guinness, below - are in italics)
There were a number of salient points in Michele Guinness's book when it came to personal discipleship in these troubled times, and we all agreed with Archbishop Vicky that it is only...
Posted at 04:53am on 13th November 2017
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