‘It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.’ Anon. I noticed this quote the other week as I drove past a local church and smiled. I remember thinking when I was married at the age of 25 how much my dad had learnt since I was 18. Oh how wonderful is the [...]
‘If you’d gone up the way you came down, you’d have come down the way you went up.’ Charles Spurgeon When one of Charles Spurgeon’s students proudly stepped up to preach, but came back down failing miserably, Spurgeon supposedly said something like, ‘If you’d gone up the way you came down, you’d have come down [...]
Success can actually be the worst thing to ever happen to your life if you become complacent. Vigilance is required for onward and upward success. Many a successful businessman, politician, statesman, preacher, entertainer have met with demise – not when they were unknown – but rather at the pinnacle of their career. There are three [...]
I received a phone call last night from a friend I hadn’t seen in many a year. And yet it was as if we’d spoken only yesterday. What I love about this friend is their honesty. That’s always been a fine quality in their life. They carry no airs or graces. They are fragile, humble, [...]
Life’s experiences have taught me that when I am low I can be high, when I am sick I can be well, when I am depressed I can be exuberant, and that when I am poor I can be rich. Success has never taught me anything of great significance. Oh maybe one thing – the [...]
I have come across many throughout my lifetime whose sum of their worth is calculated by the number of hours they work. Others by the number of dollars in their bank account. And I can’t forget those who calculate their value by the assets they have acquired.Then there are those who count their worth by [...]
‘[A wise person] acts without claiming the results as his; he achieves his merit and does not rest (arrogantly) in it:- he does not wish to display his superiority.’ – Lao Tzu Humility is constantly under attack from the hordes called pride and ambition. At times it is under siege, completely surrounded, and then at [...]
Alex Haley, the best selling author of the epic book ROOTS once said, ‘Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.’ I must admit that I personally have an affinity with the humble turtle, or rather the tortoise. For at times I believe that what [...]
I had the privilege of meeting up with my father’s youngest sister Dawn Lawrence, along with her partner John Allan, the other day. Now John has an operatic background, and at one point, early on in his career, was the understudy for Placido Domingo who became world-renowned as one of ‘The Three Tenors’. John recounted [...]
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