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Learning to Walk Again

Mar 24, 2010

The mind can go in a thousand directions
But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace.
With each step, a gentle wind blows.
With each step, a flower blooms.
Thich Nhat Hahn.

Simply walking is one of the easiest, cheapest and most effective ways I know of creating peace within myself or within a group of people. Yet, walking [...]

Filed under: Health and Wellbeing, Spiritual Growth, Sustainable Living

Last week, a few friends and I paid a visit to our local cinema to see Food Inc. According to the website Hungry for Change this documentary film exposes America’s industrialised food system and its effect on our environment, health, economy and workers’ rights. In our town, the turnout to watch the film in was [...]

Filed under: Health and Wellbeing, Sustainable Living

“…on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed [...]

Filed under: Health and Wellbeing, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Small Business

In several of the articles I’ve written, I mention authenticity and the benefits of living in alignment with our values – living authentically.
Beverley has contacted me to ask that I produce some kind of straightforward checklist on how to lead an authentic life.
Here’s what I’ve come up with (so far!):
1.    Know your values and principles [...]

Filed under: Conscious Relationships, Health and Wellbeing, Personal Development, Sustainable Living

The Anyway Principle

Aug 3, 2009

The Paradoxical Commandments
1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men [...]

Filed under: Conscious Relationships, Health and Wellbeing, Personal Development, Spiritual Growth, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Small Business

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