THE OCULAR EVEREST – A NEW WAY OF SEEING FOR BLIND BATS

According to health studies some of the most common eye problems include cataracts, keratoconus, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and refractive errors. Despite the scientifically observed peeper problems, you don’t have to suffer from any kind of vision impairment or be blind as a bat to understand we don’t all see things the same way. That life is blurry for some, clear for others, appears distant, or is close enough to trip over. 20/20 vision is the ‘ocular Everest’, and even when we have it, most of us…

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03/08/2021

General / LIFE RAMBLINGS / positive thinking / RESILLIENCE / Self help / WISDOM

WISDOM FROM THE KITCHEN BENCH: BENEFITS IN THE BANANA

In the world of consumer health, it’s all about slogans, shelling out the big bucks and the sanctioning of superfoods. It’s about brassicas, berries and a large amount of bullshit. To uncover prominent profundities in the produce and discover a balance in the bent; trawling supermarket isles becomes superfluous, ditching junk mail mandatory and a consumer wellbeing price check required that peels it all back to the bloody basics. If we are in fact what we eat, beyond the dazzling marketing mantras of the goji, quinoa…

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05/04/2021

CONFIDENCE / Empowerment / inspiration / LIFE RAMBLINGS / positive thinking / RAMBLINGS / Resilience / Self help / Uncategorized / wholeheartedness

TERMINALLY UNIQUE – Cracking the Code on Self-Worth

Trying to write a piece on a topic that sounds like a disease is complicated. It’s not exactly a draw card, eye catching or essential reading; nor would it be a hit on the Top 10 Blog charts. When the phrase in focus, ‘Terminally Unique’, offers up an oxymoron, the reader is more likely to develop interest in a burnt piece of toast than sort out the conundrum of expression. But unlike charcoal toast, there is nutritional value in unpacking the paradox. For many of the…

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20/06/2020

blessing / Courage / hiking / joy / LIFE RAMBLINGS / milestones / perspective / positive thinking / RAMBLINGS / Self help / TRAVEL / Uncategorized

Two Little Vowels

Trail and trial. Five exact same letters. Try saying them quickly multiple times over with a few additional words for a good tongue twister. A mere reversal of two vowels changes the entire context of expression, nuance of the communication or implication of the active out- workings of each noun. Def. Trail: a beaten path through rough country such as a forest. A route planned or followed for a particular purpose. Def. Trial: a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.…

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06/09/2018

Courage / Empowerment / LIFE RAMBLINGS / perspective / positive thinking / RAMBLINGS / recovery / Self help / Uncategorized

“I sense great fear in you, Skywalker”

Questions of life loom large when you find yourself in a galaxy far, far away. Spun off into a parallel universe. “Traveling through hyperspace” certainly “ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy.” (Han Solo). People of many cultures have charted the heavens by the stars, looked for meaning, foreordination, inspiration and a sense of the divine. Overawed by cosmic magnitude; a recognition of place, and humility in the orbits of ego, and constellations of universal wonder. Cancer, Taurus, Aries or Vertigo, signs predicting future. Astrologists purporting to…

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29/07/2018

blessing / Empowerment / joy / LIFE RAMBLINGS / perspective / RAMBLINGS / Self help / Uncategorized

VIVE LA VIE

Vive la Vie - ‘Life is wonderful’ is what it says on the card my friend has sent me. Is it a challenge? Perhaps an affirmation? In any case intentional and deliberate. It’s a statement. No room for debate. Emphatic and unreserved. There are no grey undertones. An allusion and alluring to the richness of blessing, hope and colour. Colour is “the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light”. Wonder and…

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20/06/2018

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Base Camp

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary.” Henry David Thoreau There’s a hill near our place that has been provoking me, beckoning to…

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08/06/2018

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Are We There Yet?

The Enneagram personality type Seven is summarized as ‘The Enthusiast’. Attributing characteristics such as busy, fun-loving, curious, optimistic, and adventurous to the individual. ‘Sevens’ are excited by the rush of ideas; generally quick responders with agile minds and often able to see the big picture. There is an underpinning abundant vitality and desire to fully participate in life each day. Or, for a more creative explanation: ‘An ant carrying a larger than life bread crumb; scrambling, overcoming obstacles, challenging reality and LOVING IT, looking for still…

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26/05/2018