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“Love your neighbour as you love yourself”  -  The basic premise here is that we actually do love ourselves. “I have a dream…”  -   Without dreams there is no future. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: favourite quotes Read Full Story

I’m always fascinated by how quick and easy it is to destroy confidence compared with how long it takes to build confidence in the first place (or re-build confidence after a knock). I’m no psychologist so don’t really have any theories to answer this but I have made a few observations over the years that may help (they certainly helped me when my own confidence nose-dived … for 24 months). Many of us seem programmed in to expectations : those we put on ourselves but also those imposed on... Read Full Story

I just rediscovered this story which I have always found incredibly inspirational and personally challenging.  I thank Wayne for writing it down and I hope you get as much from it as I have … ************************ The Old Phone When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighbourhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with... Read Full Story

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am not a computer expert, by any stretch of the imagination!  I use them as a tool and like them to work when I ask.  I occasionally check on what me PC is loading at start-up as so many bits of software seem to automatically add themselves to the start-up menu without me knowing anything about it, and I end up with lots of processing power being sapped by programmes (‘applications’) that I’m not using, running away unseen in the background. I... Read Full Story

Last week I attended the funeral of a good, long-time friend who died just before New Year.  The crematorium was packed to overflowing and many familiar faces were dotted amongst the crowd of people who had come to pay their last respects.  The service contained some real heartfelt tributes and as usual, we all learnt things about our friend we didn’t previously know.  The tributes were glowing: he was dedicated, hardworking, reliable, a loving husband and father … but one phrase amongst... Read Full Story

Last week I attended the funeral of a good, long-time friend who died just before New Year.  The crematorium was packed to overflowing and many familiar faces were dotted amongst the crowd of people who had come to pay their last respects.  The service contained some real heartfelt tributes and as usual, we all learnt things about our friend we didn’t previously know.  The tributes were glowing: he was dedicated, hardworking, reliable, a loving husband and father … but one phrase amongst... Read Full Story

The start of a New year is always a mixed set of emotions.  On one hand it’s a continued step into the unknown; on the other it’s full of potential and excitement. I’m not one for New Year Resolutions, but I’m definitely one for setting personal targets and for reviewing the past year and seeing how I can make changes for the better. Of course, we never really know whether the changes we make will be for the better: only time and experience will tell. My major personal target for this... Read Full Story

We seem to live in an age where what you say is really important: say the right things and everyone loves you; say the wrong things and you rapidly become a pariah! For me the importance isn’t so much what people say, it’s more about whether they apply their words:  do they actually do what they say? Business gurus have told us for years the importance of retaining current customers as ‘They are much easier to gain repeat business from than new customers’ etc. I have had two experiences... Read Full Story

We have had an alarming number of reptile escapes recently, usually first noticed when we come face-to-face with a snake on our landing.  Our king of escapology at the moment is Reg the Columbian Rainbow Boa.  My son noticed various things mysteriously falling from his shelves over a period of a week or so.  We couldn’t work out what it was. A week later all was revealed.  Reg had clearly realised that if he pushed hard enough against the roof of his tank, he could lift the lid (and the 2... Read Full Story

I recently tried a couple of free antivirus software solutions having paid for one for several years which has now got too clever (you can’t get just the antivirus; it has to scan for malware, be a firewall, wash your underwear, the usual story) and clashes with most other protective software on my PC. I found AVG free version to be good, but it’s huge, takes up loads of space and tries to make itself the centre of your universe .. “Do you want to use AVG as your default search engine’ etc... Read Full Story