23 Jun, 2008
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As John Lennon said: ‘Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans’. I wrote about this in a previous post (which you can read if you follow the link) and it was really about how fearing life can hold you back from even making plans to begin with.
Another thought that arises [...] Read more »
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As a follow up to my post on ‘learn who you are as an individual’ I wanted to write about how difficult this can actually be. You might already have the time and freedom to do what you want and learn how you want to be, but there are many obstacles that might get in [...] Read more »
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17 Jun, 2008
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One thing I have realised in the last three years at university: I want to change the world.
This doesn’t mean world peace, or ending hunger, or becoming prime minister etc. I used to think that these were the only ways in which I could change the world, but I suppose as I have grown as [...] Read more »
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You do not need to have fixed ambition in life. Ambition is important to be satisfied, but nobody knows exactly where life will take them.
Satisfaction in life comes when you do things for yourself: you get through the hard times and you create the good times.
Satisfaction does not come from sitting and waiting to be [...] Read more »
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Have you ever heard of erythrophobia? I just found out what it means, but I have experienced its consequences for years now. I always used to blush at times throughout my life, but it only bothered me since about two years ago.
Erythrophobia literally means a fear of blushing, of going red. Apart from trich this [...] Read more »
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This was a lyric sung by John Lennon in his song “Beautiful Boy”
The meaning behind this saying is that life is unknown and our future is full of possibility. It also means that, whilst we may have things all planned out, something may come along and crush those plans. This does not mean to say [...] Read more »
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