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One Life, Live It!

Posted on by Olaf

There are many who will tell you how to live your life but who’s right?  The ‘global wellness market’ is said to be valued at over $4.75 trillion and growing at more than 6% a year.  It is a big business with therapists and ‘experts’ galore waiting to take people’s money and time to deal with their insecurities, hopes and dreams.  Entertainment channels massage our desires and advertisers prey on our egos as we fall victim to the exploitation of others.  Often the young want to be older whilst  the old want to be younger; the employed want to retire, the retired wish they still had purpose in work; those in the shade want sun, those in the sun want shade.  What about you now?  Do you long to be beside the sea for a long relaxing holiday that drifts into retirement or are you already living the life you dream of?

‘If I knew yesterday what I know today, where would I be tomorrow?
I won't let my soul slide away, I'd do whatever it takes
'Cause this time's only borrowed
I got one life, one life, one life and I'm gonna live it
I got one life, one life, one life and I'm gonna live it right’ – James Morrison

What do you see?

Posted on by Olaf

It is widely accepted that each of us sees the world through a particular lens, either one that may distort or correct vision.  Types of lens might be economic, social, technological, political or cultural but they are forged from our experience of life.  Your lens may help you see clearly or it may add in bias and prejudice.  Much is said these days about diversity, discrimination and equality – how does that sit with you? Are you filtering what you see through the same lenses you’ve always had or has your world view been challenged and undergone change?  The default human condition is to mix with those who reinforce one’s own world view, be that secular or spiritual, but there is another way to see things that is truly better.

  •  ‘We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition’ – Madeleine M Kunin
  • ‘Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera’ – Yousuf Karsh