Stop trying to save the planet
For decades now, the environmental movement has been asking us to save the planet. We see images of habitats destroyed, rubbish piling up in remote areas and polar bears starving … Continue reading
This is what most people are like
We all want to feel like our choices are valid, every bit as much as the choices by which most people’s lives are defined. We want to know that we are not alone.
Doing because we do
Have you ever kept doing something because that’s what you do? You kept going, long after the hunger for it was gone and long after the curiosity and energy went … Continue reading
Walking with elephants
We all know about the elephant in the room. It’s that huge, looming thing no-one wants to talk about for fear of upsetting the status quo. Sometimes, there are elephants that follow you around. Your own, personal elephant that you refused to mention to yourself, because if you turn around and acknowledge it, everything has to change.
Monsters are real
Monsters are real and they live in your head. Just because you can’t see them, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. “In your head” is as real a place as any. … Continue reading
The quiet weekend
Why would anyone choose to spend a Saturday night at home by themselves? You know, unless they’re some kind of loser. I live in a city where folk are always … Continue reading
Introverts unite
Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured…Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to. Susan Cain I just … Continue reading
As you are
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then … Continue reading
Doing too much
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much George Harrison I grew up on a mountain, high above the city. I walked along quiet … Continue reading
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