So many more people getting colds and testing positive including Dr Cope and W and S
Dr Cope could join us for this week with Kim and Jazzy and John Hatton the national living treasure
Hard times, happy days. The former state MP John Hatton still talks fondly of his childhood growing up during the 1930s Depression in the new village of Hammondville.
"That place made me," he says, recalling how his father, Harry, lost his job as a rivet catcher on the completion of the Harbour Bridge; how his mother, Florence, who sold home-made pies to put food on the family table, almost died of malnutrition; how his parents, six brothers and two sisters were thrown from their Greenwich home.
Hammondville: A suburb for our times
HammondCare -Mike Baird has been appointed Chief Executive Officer
Polls don’t suggest a hung Parliament
Three weeks out from the federal election is too long to be confident of predicting
It would be a mistake to think of exorcisms as even singularly Christian, a point made admirably clear in the Penguin anthology, which includes pagan, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Indigenous accounts of exorcisms. What’s most unsettling is just how similar so many of them are, regardless of how different the cultural contexts. Inevitably, it makes an otherwise upstanding skeptical reader amenable to the suspicion that there might be something here, though what it is isn’t exactly clear.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Don’t Leave Your Husband Because of Vibes.“This brings us to Australian life coach Amanda Trenfield, who recently shared an excerpt from her upcoming memoir in the Sydney Morning Herald under the headline “Less than a month after I met my soulmate, I ended my 14-year marriage.” What is the title of her book? Well, it’s When a Soulmate Says No, so we’re already off to a bad start.”
Kevin Kelly: 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
On the occasion of his 70th birthday (happy birthday!), Kevin Kelly shares 103 bits of wisdom he wished he had known when he was younger. Here are a few of my favorites:
Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.
When you forgive others, they may not notice, but you will heal. Forgiveness is not something we do for others; it is a gift to ourselves.
Efficiency is highly overrated; Goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths, sabbaticals, vacations, breaks, aimless walks and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.
If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
The best way to get a correct answer on the internet is to post an obviously wrong answer and wait for someone to correct you.
Don’t wait for the storm to pass; dance in the rain.
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years. A long game will compound small gains to overcome even big mistakes.
A wise man said, “Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”
To rapidly reveal the true character of a person you just met, move them onto an abysmally slow internet connection. Observe.
Take note if you find yourself wondering “Where is my good knife? Or, where is my good pen?” That means you have bad ones. Get rid of those.
If you loan someone $20 and you never see them again because they are avoiding paying you back, that makes it worth $20.
Copying others is a good way to start. Copying yourself is a disappointing way to end.
The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.
Ok that got out of hand…there’s a lot of good stuff on that list! I am definitely in receiving mode these days for wisdom.