Whatever the tradition, there is something really significant about the importance of remembering. The memory is bombarded with every new experience and event in life. Certain patterns can get the brain slowly being shaped by the immediate to such a degree that it can lose touch with key points that establishes the identity. That can […]
Read More Remember: The Past for the PresentIt’s fascinating seeing what’s the right way to carry across whatever is needed for a particular occasion. To rescue a family and a zoo it took a large ark. To maintain a presence with a people on the move it required a tent. To establish the presence among a settled people in a promised land […]
Read More The Construct For The OccasionIt is interesting when people suggest that they are useless. OK they might not be useless, but they feel useless. They feel like they cannot make any contributions to anything. They feel they are in a dead end job, doing something largely redundant that is keeping them ticking over in their seemingly dead end life. […]
Read More Contributing to the EffortFor some, the prize is the money. For others the prize is fame. Certain issues are at stake for a number of people. Some see the family as the ultimate prize where others see accomplishments with their life’s work as what is worth the effort. Prestige and pomp, power and position, factors pursued by some […]
Read More The Prize Worth Fighting ForThere’s a difference between a release valve and a redistribution mechanism. Sounds obvious when it’s written, but in practice it’s not the same. For example having taken on a week’s worth of work hassles and pressures on the job, some look forward to the end of the week having a drink or two (or more). […]
Read More The Release ValveI was reminded about something recently. There’s a school of thought that suggests there are two approaches to learning in the compulsory educational system. One approach to learning is because you love the subject, the other approach is to learn to be able to pass the particular subject. Those who love the subject do not […]
Read More Keep This In MindAll expenses paid. I love that aspect of work. The task needs you to spend a period of time away from home. You’ll need transport, accommodation and food covered and some might even allow something in the way of entertainment. You keep a record of what you’ve spent and as long as it’s reasonable, those […]
Read More Your Expenses Are CoveredIt is not the pity I wanted. The pity would get me nowhere. It was the money I was looking for. It was the money I expected. I was used to being there, day after day and week after week. I knew my place. It’s not like I was going to get up and walk […]
Read More Far Better Than ExpectedThere was a time in my life when I really wanted to be a journalist. I loved the thought about being busy getting the news, reporting on it, writing about it and seeing it published. There was something really fascinating about that to me and it seemed to be the best use of my love […]
Read More True Story: Is It?We sat down and talked about it. Twenty years is a long time. A long time where a lot happens. A lot happening some of which is worth remembering. Worth remembering because of what it says about the journey you’ve made to this point. A point where those things can be of use to remind […]
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Life With CD 