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Dreaming of World Peace

September 16, 2009 Reflections
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World peace .. does that sometimes seem an impossible dream?

Maybe.

We’re all human. We get cranky and annoyed. People irritate us – their actions hurt or anger us. And…

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Holding the Centre

September 13, 2009 Reflections
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I’ve just finished reading Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.

Subtitled A Memior of Revolution and Hope, it is an inspiring read!

As…

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One Voice in the Crowd

August 3, 2009 Reflections

So often we think we can’t do much to make the world a better place. We look at the enormity of the task and think “What on earth can I…

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A Passionate Plea

June 8, 2009 Reflections
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Imagine ….

You enter an organisation and sign in. You’re given keys to hang around your neck or clip to your belt. There’s A Block, B Block, perhaps even H…

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Apeldoorn and Other Tragedies

May 1, 2009 Reflections

Tonight I’ve been following the breaking news on Twitter about the tragedy that happened at Apeldoorn in Holland. A crazed motorist, apparently intending to crash into the royal coach, ploughed…

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Indra’s Net

April 30, 2009 Reflections
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There’s a beautiful Hindu legend about the god Indra, who commissions an artisan to craft a vast net across the universe.

When the net is complete, at each junction Indra…

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Beauty

April 16, 2009 Reflections

As Joseph Addison, British poet and statesman, once said several hundred years ago:

There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty.

We can miss…

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