thoughts
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A few weeks ago, tennis players took to the courts and battled it out at the Australian Open. Watching the greatest tennis players and observing their performance under stress and pressure gave me some insights which I believe can also be applied to everyday life and us “normal” humans. 1. Be Strong Mentally: Tennis is
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When I read the news or turn on the TV I don’t really want to know all the details of beheadings, attacks and killings. I can’t get away from it though. It’s everywhere, it’s sad and I pray for all affected. No one should have to experience such horrific events. Yet they do because there
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In the wee hours of this Sunday morning we had a summer storm. I woke up and lay in bed listening to the sounds of howling winds and raindrops pouring down on the roof and garden. I loved it. I love listening to sounds of rain, of course when I’m not stuck outside, and blissfully
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Sometimes it’s the simplest things in life that can boost for your soul or simply make you happy. Simple things like cooking or baking. Ever since I was 5 or 6 years old I’ve been baking and cooking up dishes in the kitchen with my picture cookbook (which I got from one of my best
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Sitting in my study looking out the window, I am still thinking about “The Descendants” I wrote about yesterday. That movie was about a man, a successful lawyer and a land baron who had devoted all his time to his career, to making money only to later realize he had “lost” his family. Although his
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I love the weekend. It’s time for relaxing and for thinking about how to relax. It’s been awhile since I last watched a movie and it’s been an even longer while since I last sobbed watching a movie. Watching a movie on DVD at home where there are not another hundred or so people
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A rushed week getting ready for the trip, I am finally started on my journey and it feels good. There’s something about travel that stimulates the mind and awakens the senses. I’m coming back to Europe after having been absent for awhile. After eleven hours on the plane I have arrived at Frankfurt where I
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It’s now April and the weather has gone all awry. I wonder if sometimes there is ever a “normal.” Perhaps we just adjust and what is awry now will be the new “normal.” On some days it is so hot you would think you could fry and egg on the scorching cement ground. Hot air
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The other day I read an interesting book called “I Moved Your Cheese.” It’s a book that follows on the famous “Who Moved My Cheese?” and I find it interesting for it tells a story of three mice in a maze that challenged the maze in which they lived. It’s fascinating. The story is simple and
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