holidays, breaks and coping
Breaks and holidays are not optional, they are essential. While they are not “urgent” it is these things that are important.
Continue Reading Add comment July 1, 2009
angelvalerie
Tags: passion for life, self-care, values
what kind of world do you want
You and I, we make up this global village. We can make decisions today that will change the world we live in tomorrow. Let’s make the change for the better!
Continue Reading 2 comments June 24, 2009
angelvalerie
Tags: change, will
learning from history
Apparently we have learned nothing from the evils of the industrial revolution. Those who have read Dickens have read about the worse of history during the industrial revolution, children were forced into labour in underground mines, families were ripped from their communities to relocate to industrial townships in order to find work, and employers exploited the workers for profit. All in all remembered as a terrible time of inhumanity during history.
Continue Reading Add comment June 19, 2009
angelvalerie
of dogma and arrogance
Have you thought through your belief system? Do you live with a confidence that you know what you believe and why?
Continue Reading Add comment June 9, 2009
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the rains came
Taking care of the earth is singularly special as an activity, and continuing to recycle (reduce, reuse) should be important to all of us.
Continue Reading Add comment June 3, 2009
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Pollution in our world
Lately I have been considering the idea of quiet. The world I live in is a busy place, it seems that the “to do” list gets longer the more I do. It feels like I work dawn until dusk at the moment. Then I realised I don’t work 24/7, it just feels like it. What I really have is a world with loads of pollution!
Continue Reading Add comment May 27, 2009
angelvalerie
Tags: stress, thinking, time
what is it about this thing called stress?
Perhaps all the talk about stress these days is a way of avoiding our actual emotions without it seeming so? After all, who can argue with someone who is so stressed?
Continue Reading Add comment May 20, 2009
angelvalerie
Tags: patterns, stress, thinking, values
life in the fast lane
I am starting to think that I live in that fast lane and the seasons are the quiet, restful times that I nudge over to the emergency stopping lane for a while.
Continue Reading Add comment May 14, 2009
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in honour of food
I do love food – the smells, flavours, colours and textures…
Continue Reading Add comment May 6, 2009
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awareness
How easy it is to slide through life being unaware… It takes a deliberate choice to stop and consider what others are experiencing, and to be grateful for the kindness they show.
Continue Reading 2 comments April 29, 2009
angelvalerie
Tags: friendships
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