Some days seems just like this… every way you turn, someone or something seems to be holding you back. It’s probably quite rare that the ginger cat pictured here, is happening to you. We are usually the only ‘thing’ that is holding us back from achieving our dreams, from being contented and happy, from having good…
A refreshing addition to the to-do list. (Author unknown) There is little left to say today, as this list says it all!
A courageous woman from Canada who lives with the diagnosis of a younger onset dementia wrote in a beautiful story titled The Red Cardinal; ‘I am getting off the couch and I am off to seize the day for I can place no trust in tomorrow.’ Mary Beth Wighton © 2013 It seems none of…
Yesterday I had a very lazy Sunday, something like the proverbial ‘day of rest’ my moderately fundamentalist Methodist upbringing endorsed! It is rare for me to hang out only watching rubbish on television, or reading for the sake of reading, rather than for a purpose. Well, even reading for pleasure is reading with a purpose. It…
This is a great article about social media Blogging to share good practice. Thanks Gill Phillips!
Doctors in support of voluntary euthanasia – Australian Ageing Agenda: Aged Care and Retirement Industry News and Issues. There is a groundswell of supporters for VE, and eventually this voice will gather enough momentum to make a difference…
Recently, I have realised more clearly my directness and honesty, and deep desire for people to be honest in response has lost me friends over the years. Hence I’ve been wondering, does this mean I need to rethink who I am, or how I act or respond to the world? It came up in conversation with another friend…
Social inequality is characterised by the existence of unequal opportunities or rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. There are two main ways to measure social inequality: inequality of conditions, and inequality of opportunities. Inequality of conditions refers to the unequal distribution of income, wealth and material goods. For example,…
I read an article titled ‘In search of a good ending’ in the Medical Journal of Australia this week, written by Ann Gregory and Ruth Armstrong (Med J Aust 2013: 196 (4) 175). The first line stood out like the proverbial dogs balls; ‘Despite much development and increasing complexity in health care, humankind’s mortality rate…
Somewhere in the distance The sun is still shining Heading towards a beautiful sunset The wind is blowing And the trees are gently swaying The moon will appear in all its glory Glowing through the night stars Working its way towards morning When the sun will reappear Cumulus clouds haloed above our heads Shadowing the sun,…
Often I hear others describe the ‘bad’ things that have happened to them as a gift. Whether it is a terminal illness like dementia or cancer, a chronic illness like MS or a crisis like a flood or even sexual or physical assault. I too see things as a gift, the good and the bad.…
If anyone needs to stop by and smell a few of them, please feel free to swing by! So many of my friends are working so hard, they hardly ever have time (make time?) to stop and smell their own, or anyone else’s roses; ‘This is the price of success’, many say. What is success if all it…
A fellow blogger, Worrywarts guide… led me to the YouTube clip below (thank you). It catapulted me into a ‘reconsider my various mantras’ mode, such as ‘you live until you die’ and ‘live every day as if it’s your last, just in case it is’. And then it made me wonder how many days until…
Nothing left to say, other than I’m glad to be alive!
This wonderful article reminds me that where there is a will, there is a way! The gentleman’s quick thinking was ingenious, and has given me a laugh many times. I had the article stuck on my fridge for years, and only recently my youngest son read it and laughed out loud. He too thought it was…
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