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Can We Make Better Choices For The Sake Of The World?
This is one of those times when I have something to say, I don’t know what it is so I am just going to close my eyes and wait and see what comes to mind first of all then go with that. Literally, I am typing this with my eyes…
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Something Most People Don’t Understand
Something most people don’t understand is that we create our own realities. That life doesn’t ‘do’ to us, life is a reflection of our beliefs and how we view reality. That life is actually closer to the film The Matrix and what we perceive life to be is the science…
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Education, Education, Education
‘Education, Education, Education’ was Tony Blair’s mantra on the electoral trail in 1997 in the UK. It is widely recognised that education is the key to a healthier, safer, more prosperous society. And yet, education is often at the bottom of the pile when it comes to government funding leading…
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My Most Influential Teacher
My first reaction to this question was to think of my favourite overall teacher throughout my education – without a doubt it was Miss Rose. To say she was an elderly lady would be an understatement, she was older than Methuselah. She was stooped in her walk, her hair was…
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What I Wanted To Be When I Grew Up, When I Was 5
At the age of 5, I had some very clear ideas about what I wanted to be when I grew up. I have absolutely no idea where these ideas came from, possibly books I had read or something in a cartoon, but I remember being very, very clear. I had…
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The Majority is Stronger Than The Few
I had another dream last night, one where I was standing on a ledge of a building in New York City re-establishing a symbol for peace and community. I was alone in doing it, but I knew I was not alone in the sentiment of it. With the dream came…
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Unpolarising A Polarised World
I had the strangest dream the other night. I dreamt that I was told that change was coming that it was so fast and so extreme, we would ‘meet ourselves around the corner’. That expression usually refers to opposing political views. It means that when someone is left wing, they…
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Labour’s Book Balancing
I will say here and now, I did not vote for Labour in the last UK General Election. I didn’t vote Conservative, Liberal Democrat or Reform. I did not cast a vote for the first time since I was 18, and I struggled with that because I firmly believe that…
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What Advice I Would Give My Teenage Self
My teenage years were not, like those of many others, the easiest. To say the very least. Hindsight is a wonderful if useless thing, but if the teenage years weren’t the easiest we are often still carrying the scars decades later. But, with that hindsight, I would offer my teenage…
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Postponing Ourselves – Yes or No?
The point about postponing ourselves is based on the writings of Seneca, specifically a letter he wrote to a friend in which he asked why his friend spent so much time doing things he disliked for the purpose of one day enjoying the things he liked. In essence, postponing himself…
