"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." * Names help us to make sense of the world. Humankind has bestowed names for things as far back as history tracks and for the majority, this desire to label things, to give a unique identity, to categorize and organise, has offered some way of … Continue reading Labels
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Relativity
When asked about the relativity of time, Albert Einstein once explained it like this; "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute." When did you last lose time? This often happens when we … Continue reading Relativity
Villainy
Just as a story has its hero, it also has a villain. The hero appears more heroic and pure the more the villain is evil and depraved. We enjoy the story because of the of these opposing characters. They give life and colour, interest and emotion, more so than a story purely concerning one without … Continue reading Villainy
Worry
When two ducks in a pond cross each other and begin to fight, they literally ruffle each other’s feathers, have their tussle and then go their separate ways. Watching them, they may spend a while smoothing their feathers back into place, preening, flapping a little, but what they do not do is gossip to their … Continue reading Worry
Try
We can hear a thousand wise sayings, or read a hundred insightful books, but unless we absorb those teachings and practise them in our every day lives, they are meaningless. Just as if you were to visit a doctor regarding some illness, and he prescribed you medicine that would make you well, but after you … Continue reading Try
Zen musings 