A wise man once said
"If you have nothing to say, say nothing"
So I won't be posting unless I think of something I feel the need to share. That said my wife wrote this recently and I would like to pass it on.
Just because you're rich it does not mean that-
You are better than anyone else
You are brighter than anyone else
You deserve more than anyone else
It just means you've spent a life pursuing money
Whilst others watch their children starve
It just means you've been a consumer, a taker rather than a Giver.
Think on that.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Friday, March 04, 2005
Fixing your own axe
A while ago I broke the shaft on my felling axe. No axe, no fire wood! and my first reaction was "Oh no, I have to buy another axe".
It wasn't until I was looking in an old fashioned hardware store, for a new axe, that I realised (or remembered) that I could just buy an new handle and fix the old one. What I find interesting about this is that even though I consider myself to be reasonable environmentally friendly my first reaction was I have to throw it away and buy a new one. What does this say about the values that seep into our conciseness from society, the media etc.
Secondly and far more importantly I found that as well as being about a quarter of the price of a new axe the actual act of repairing the old one gave me a great sense of well being and...
... well you get the idea, its a small thing I know and on another day I might have just fixed it but it struck me as interesting.
It wasn't until I was looking in an old fashioned hardware store, for a new axe, that I realised (or remembered) that I could just buy an new handle and fix the old one. What I find interesting about this is that even though I consider myself to be reasonable environmentally friendly my first reaction was I have to throw it away and buy a new one. What does this say about the values that seep into our conciseness from society, the media etc.
Secondly and far more importantly I found that as well as being about a quarter of the price of a new axe the actual act of repairing the old one gave me a great sense of well being and...
... well you get the idea, its a small thing I know and on another day I might have just fixed it but it struck me as interesting.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Magna Carta - a lesson from history
Antioch Abouna: Antioch Abouna is launched!
Nice post here about not letting governments get too powerful
Nice post here about not letting governments get too powerful
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