Jan 26, 2013
I was asked to contribute a small piece on resilience for a professional paper and was drawn to the observation of how essential resilience now is to anyone setting off on a new career path. Although always in the back of my mind I am concerned that resilience can...
Dec 29, 2012
Odd isn’t it, that we think that the change of a date will somehow mark a new beginning in the way any other day cannot do. We might look at the 31st of December and think tomorrow will be the start of something new. More good stuff or perhaps some good stuff at last....
Aug 31, 2012
I was reminded this week in painful circumstance how it is human nature to judge ourselves by our motives and others by their actions. If we can try, with great difficulty sometimes, to wonder why we have received the reaction we have and to consider how our behaviour...
Jul 26, 2012
We all like to feel we are honest in our dealings with others and are often outraged when others behave in anything less than worthy manner. But I wonder how honest we actually are? I sat and watched ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ with my daughter the other day,...
Feb 29, 2012
I was watching a documentary on Apollo 13 last night, I like the film based on the event and imagined the documentary would provide extra information. Actually, it all turned out to be horribly cheesy; with an overly dramatic voice-over, and tedious music. What I did...