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Mental rest

Posted on August 17, 2007

I once had a teacher who gave me a great metaphor to explain why mental rest is important.

Keeping the flame burning whilst running the long race

Posted on July 16, 2007

Some of our goals take more than a few weeks to arrive. They require elaborate advance preparation, skilful inspired action and then some more time to mature. If we’ve done the planning and taken reasonable steps towards “Central Station Finishing Line” what do we then do? Patience is sometimes required.

Racing round the clockface

Posted on May 22, 2007

Do you remember time seeming limitless when you were a child? There was time to go out and play. Enough time to watch your favourite telly programmes. Time to curl up in a corner with a book. Time seemed simple and straightforward – you didn’t need to wear a wrist watch. Imagine the following: you see a calm stretch of water with ripples billowing out over the surface. The ripples are events - good and not so. The water absorbs excess energy from the events and thereafter everything moves on the surface as in a calm dance. Time felt manageable.

Zapping procrastination

Posted on April 24, 2007

One half term holiday when I was 17 my sister suggested I travel with her to France for a week’s holiday. I refused thinking I had to study hard –must’ve been the Indian work ethic!

Planning

Posted on March 12, 2007

You’ve got your goal clear in your mind and now how do you get there? If you’ve set yourself something stretching then you might feel overwhelmed by all that you’ve got to do. Does it feel impossible? Or can you only see lots of hard work and no play? Perhaps the road ahead is foggy and you’re only able to see 10 feet in front.

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