Bad is never good until worse happens. ~ Danish proverb I’ve been thinking a lot about perspective lately, and I have come to believe that it is one of the most valuable of gifts. It is a gradual awakening, brought on by comparing each of our experiences, beliefs, attitudes, views and opinions, one against the other. It cannot be done with a closed mind. One must be willing to analyse, to dig deep and think: how is this different from that? And in what ways are these things similar or different in terms of my experience? Are things better or
Continue reading...On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson I was told last week (by one of my colleagues) that I needed to be more tolerant. When she said this, I didn’t really pay much attention to it, and it was only when the words composted in my brain, that it hit me. I strongly disagreed with this piece of advice. Because what she meant (and to be fair, she did have my best interests at heart) is that I needed to be better at keeping my thoughts and opinions
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