Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure?
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Sep 30 2009
I thought I would set you a challenge! I have always loved the funny, intelligent madness of e.e.cumming’s poetry. He breaks all the rules and in the middle of his strange, unique grammar I find deep truths.
let it go
let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go [...]
Sep 29 2009
James Blunt wrote this song in 1993 and for me it is one of the most moving anti-violence songs written. This young singer, ex army captain – served in Bosnia. I would say that his heart had been horrified and touched. This is what is still happening all over the world and what he [...]
Sep 22 2009
A dear friend sent me this. I’ts about 30minutes long and worth every second – stay with it! Zander is a prophet of human potential and an unrivaled champion of joie de vivre. Watch as he helps unlock the boundless potential of a 15 year old cellist and teaches the entire Pop!Tech audience [...]
Sep 19 2009
Our Ninth Newsletter is now available to view here: Newsletter #9 August 2009 – September 2009.
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Sep 13 2009
The following article was sent to me by a friend who is a Humanist. He also posed this question: “Persephone: I wonder what our statistics in G. Britain are? What are your reactions to this piece?” ‘To each his own’ is my reaction. I know this article applies to the USA, but I also know [...]
Sep 13 2009
Krishnamurti is quoted as saying that when two people meet, two images meet. This is a salutary thought. It suggests that we need to look more closely at not only who it is we are meeting, but who it is within each of us that is doing the meeting.
When you walk into a roomful of [...]
Sep 11 2009
On a shelf in my sitting room I have the books that have been pivotal in my life. These include John O’Donohue’s beautiful writings. Fairly recently I discovered another poet – David Whyte. In this video we have two for the price of one! Here David Whyte speaks of his friend John O’Donohue, who had [...]
Sep 09 2009
This lovely poem, another daily offering from Panhala, seems so appropriate at the beginning of the school year . . . .
What will
our children do in the morning?
Will they wake with their hearts wanting to play,
the way wings
should?
Will they have dreamed the needed flights and gathered
the strength from the planets that all men and women [...]
Sep 08 2009
a) I love this poem, it speaks of life and ageing so exquisitely.
b) I am an unadulterated Sean Connery fan – how could I resist? So here it is – affectionately including the sibilant sss’s and whistles!