A small child walks into a hardware store with his parents. He doesn’t register the screws and nuts or any of the other materials he has no prior knowledge of, but does see the display of brightly coloured buckets and spades and is instantly drawn there. The father, who has been working on a DIY … Continue reading Awakening
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Anger
When we hold a burning coal in our fist, it is only ourselves we burn, just as when we drink poison, we damage only our insides. Once two men, who had been imprisoned and tortured together forty years previously, met by chance on the wayside. After catching up one man asked the other, 'have you … Continue reading Anger
Stress
Stress is not what happens to us, but our response to what happens. There are innumerable things in our lives which can cause us stress. In the West many stresses are caused by workload and money issues, and often these are a continual stress to many people, even when not at the forefront of their … Continue reading Stress
Prison
A rat in a cage, a bird in a cardboard box, even a spider under a glass - these creatures know they are trapped. They are wild, free beasts who cannot bear to be enclosed thus and will endeavour to escape their prison, even at the expense of their physical well-being. To be free matters … Continue reading Prison
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