Fate and fortune

fate and fortune

You can never predict what may happen in your life.  It’s probably a good thing though, what can be worse than anticipating good things are coming only to have bad things turn up.  We should focus on the stuff that we can control: meeting friends, learning skills, having fun, taking care of ourselves.  We need to learn to handle the unexpected with a big pinch of pragmatism.

But sometimes we expect bad things are coming only to have good things turn up and what could be better than that?

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State your aim

state your aim

Apparently you can take a Lions dinner from under its nose but only if the Lion knows that you are one hundred percent committed to taking it – it’s a and body language thing.    While I would never recommend anyone to try to rob the Lion of its dinner, it’s useful to be confident about the direction you are taking in life – it’s also a body language thing.

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Got a voice, need a song

got a voice, need a song

It’s good to have some way to be heard, it means we are able to communicate.   It’s better if the way we communicate is enthusiastic, emotional, expressive, passionate or inspired: it means we are able to impress, inspire, influence, energize, galvanise, arouse, motivate or enthrall.
All we need now is something to say…

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Love and applied friction

love and applied friction

We pursue relationships to satisfy some need and we pursue close relationships in search of love, passion and happiness.  Close relationships generate friction and friction erodes our willingness to forgive the stuff that generates the friction: disputes, disharmony, disunity, conflict, hostility, rivalry, animosity, resentment and jealousy.
So maintaining close relationships requires knowledge of the limits of tolerance in ourselves and those around us when we do the stuff that creates the friction. Unfortunately tolerance can be pushed beyond its elastic limit…

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