“Conscience is a man’s compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities when directing one’s course by it, one must still try to follow its direction.“ Vincent van Gogh
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Spare a prayer to St Olga
On this day I would usually wish you Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus or Happy Saint David’s Day; but spare a prayer for St Olga of Kiev. (Kyiv) She is the patron saint of widows and converts, sadly there will be many of the former in her land. Like everyone I am watching with horror theContinue reading “Spare a prayer to St Olga”
The Monday Morning Quote #682
“At some point you’d have to live as if the truth was true.” Tamara Lindeman aka The Weather Station in “Loss”, a track from the album “Ignorance”
The Monday Morning Quote #671
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own,’ or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life…” C.S.Lewis
Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot
When you think you’re significant take a few minutes to watch & listen… “Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
The Monday Morning Quote #670
“The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn’t get written because someone knocked on the door.” Martin Luther King Jr
Climate & Cars
A couple of links on climate change and the rise of electric cars. The solutions are never straightforward. From the always readable and challenging “Imagine (the planet with climate action)”, the weekly journal from The Conversation comes a few questions: Will we get to net zero by 2050? How does global carbon removal work? CanContinue reading “Climate & Cars”
The trap of perfectionism
One of my roles with clients could be described as “reassurance”, defined as the action of removing someone’s doubts or fears. I doubt that I ever completely remove anyone’s doubts but I hope I help to reduce, if not eliminate, their fears. Dentists increasingly work within silos, although peer review is encouraged I don’t believeContinue reading “The trap of perfectionism”
The Monday Morning Quote #676
“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realise, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.” Alanis Obomsawin
The Monday Morning Quote #672
“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile.” Spoken by Dr Stephen Maturin in the first of Patrick O’Brian‘s Aubrey & Maturin novels, Master and Commander. Stephen, part IrishContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #672”
The Incisal Edge 