If
IF… If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust youself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or [...]
Happy Hormones
Like most things, there are two states of happiness. Those that are circumstantial and those that are induced. Circumstantial can be seen as fortuitous and not really the result of any conscious process on the part of the individual. Induced is where the individual has actually taken the time and made the effort to engineer [...]
The greatest source of happiness
The greatest source of happiness is to be able to do what you want to do. Like freedom it comes with responsibility. The hedonist’s charter wont be found here. True emancipation is found only in the fulfilment of one’s ideals or objectives. Given that such an option exists it is important to find out what [...]
The Lost Post
Wrote a phenomenal post. I was so moved when I re-read it that I almost cried. It had pathos, gravitas, humour. It was well paced and sure to make the reader wiser by the time they’d read it. Then I pressed some button and the thing disappeared into cyberspace, it’s probably whizzing around there even [...]
So much to do and so little time
It’s the holiday season. I’ve spent various weeks in England marvelling at the inconsistency of the English weather. Flash floods, heaviest in generations. Beautiful sunshine and lush, verdant woodlands. Bitter cold and stifling heat. Fog in the middle of August? What’s that all about. There’s always so much to do and so little time to [...]