Month: December 2021

📅 Thought for today: ‘I believe it’s our responsibility to show our communities the value of all people, to celebrate differences, and to take a stand for acceptance and inclusion.’ — Julie Foudy #thoughtfortoday #acceptance #gifts #value #celebrate #inclusion #Christmas This week my thoughts are on the Christmas gifts we can give that are valued…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.’ — Dag Hammarskjöld #thoughtfortoday #friendship #loneliness #companionship #Christmas The local schools have closed for the Christmas holiday. There are signs of work shutting down for some people. Not for me, I have clients every day this week.…

📅 Thought for today: ‘All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.’ — Sophocles #thoughtfortoday #disgust #natural #biosolids #excrement #uring #latrines #wealldoit #sorrynotsorry I have been reading a book called “The Big Necessity” by Rose George. It is 12 years since it was published, and I wonder if…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.’ — Alfred P Sloan #thoughtfortoday #making #create #construct #creativity #creativespirit #pottery I delayed posting…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Cheese is milk’s leap toward immortality.’ — Clifton Fadiman #thoughtfortoday #cheese #milk #immortality #cheesemonger #kaltbach #cheesemas #treasure Tempting though it is to let my thoughts meander over UK politics and a small earthquake, or the impact of Omicron on everyday life and anxiety levels, that is not what I am thinking…

📅 Thought for today: ‘If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.’ — Rita Mae Brown #thoughtfortoday #lastminute #procrastination #gettingthingsdone #actions #noplanning Today is a last-minute sort of day. I have client sessions right up to Christmas Eve, however, today is my last day of training in 2021. And it is the…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Be curious, not judgemental.’ — Ted Lasso #thoughtfortoday #curious #judgemental #diamonddogs #tedlasso #coach #festeringcauldron There is a marvellous scene in season 1, episode 8 of Ted Lasso. If you haven’t watched it yet, I highly recommend it. If you are being judgemental about Ted Lasso, be curious. The episode title is…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Do it big, do it right and do it with style.’ — Fred Astaire #thoughtfortoday #whitechristmas #fredastaire #holidayfilm #big #right #style The Christmas films are appearing on television – either scheduled or streamed. In there will be Holiday Inn, a real favourite of mine. The “rivalry” between Fred Astaire and Bing…

📅 Thought for today: ‘There comes a point in politics where loyalty to the party is disloyalty to the country.’ — W A C Harvey #thoughtfortoday #politics #loyalty #country #animalfarm #equalnotequal #blindeye #tonedeaf This is one of those quotes that has been in my “databank” for a while – when I first started using a…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Perseverance doesn’t always mean winning and losing. Perseverance means showing up and rising to the occasion and performing.’   — Michael Chiesa   #thoughtfortoday #winning #perserverance #losing #showingup   I waited to post today until the Formula One Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi was decided.   I had to wait…