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Wednesday 22nd January 2014


G’day,

Hope your year is off to a grand start!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sick Care Versus Health Care
 
Sick Care Versus Health Care
 
 
 

I think I made the right choice.
Have you?

Did a personal best Thursday the 16th - 840 dips and 840 push ups in an hour.
Amazing what you can push the body to do when it is properly fuelled.

 
 
 
 
Laughing At Your Mistakes
 
Laughing At Your Mistakes
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Make This Year Different
 
Make This Year Different
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
We Are All Individuals
 
We Are All Individuals
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Gorilla Sign Language
 
Gorilla Sign Language
 
 
 

To see the actual gorilla sign his story...

 
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You Can Never Have Too Much Awesome
 
You Can Never Have Too Much Awesome
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
People Should Know About This Awful Thing We Do, And Most Of Us Are Simply Unaware
 
 
 
 

Click the Read More button to view the video:

 
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Remember To Sing Your Song
 
Remember To Sing Your Song
 
 
 

This is beautiful!

There is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a tree, by herself, and she listens until she can hear the song of the child that wants to come. And after she’s heard the song of this child, she comes back to the man who will be the child’s father, and teaches it to him. And then, when they make love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it. And then, when the mother is pregnant, the mother teaches that child’s song to the midwives and the old women of the village, so that when the child is born, the old women and the people around her sing the child’s song to welcome it. And then, as the child grows up, the other villagers are taught the child’s song. If the child falls, or hurts its knee, someone picks it up and sings its song to it. Or perhaps the child does something wonderful, or goes through the rites of puberty, then as a way of honoring this person, the people of the village sing his or her song. In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child. If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them. The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another. And it goes this way through their life. In marriage, the songs are sung, together. And finally, when this child is lying in bed, ready to die, all the villagers know his or her song, and they sing—for the last time—the song to that person. You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not. When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home. Author unknown

 
 
 
 
Fantastic Photography
 
Fantastic Photography
 
 
 

 
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Silence Is Golden
 
Silence Is Golden
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Chocolate Counts As Salad
 
Chocolate Counts As Salad
 
 
 

My taste buds love the way some people think.
Fortunately I am (mostly) in control of them.

 
 
 
 
Get Into The Arts
 
Get Into The Arts
 
 
 

This is so, so true.
The ability to create is the primary skill of a being.
It is not too late to add it to your list of things to do this year!

 
 
 
 
This is Just Wrong
 
This is Just Wrong
 
 
 

Applying force beyond the point of submission is a criminally insane action. It is no longer an effort to subdue resistance it is an effort to harm or destroy. Pure evil.

 
 
 
 
Protect Edward Snowden From Illegal Arrest
 
 
 
 

I've just signed this important petition at Avaaz.org, part the largest ever "citizen supported asylum" campaign in support of creating a safe haven for Edward Snowden, the man who uncovered the scope of US spying.

 
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Question Everything
 
Question Everything
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Freak Out Your Neighbours
 
Freak Out Your Neighbours
 
 
 

Some ofthe comments on this post were just as good: HideYoKidsHideYoWiFi and NSA Bedroom Cameras 1 thru 10 and lastly: We live out in the country and one day noticed someone parked down the road about 1/2 mile away -- we password protected our signal that day, and named our WiFi "Router Range equals Rifle Range". Haven't had a problem since!!

 
 
 
 
Another Sniff
 
Another Sniff
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Alaskan Flat Tyre
 
Alaskan Flat Tyre
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Until next time,
dream big dreams,
plan out how to achieve them,
be continually executing your plans,
enlist people to your causes,
travel and/or read widely, preferably both,
all the while observing what you observe
rather than thinking what you are told to think,
think well of your fellow man,
take time to help your fellow man,
he sorely needs it and it will help you too,
eat food that is good for your body,
exercise your body,
take time to destress,
and do the important things
that make a difference -
they are rarely the urgent ones!

Tom

 
 

Most of the content herein has been copied from someone else. Especially the images. My goodness some people are talented at creating aesthetics! The small bits that are of my creation are Copyright 2014 © by Tom Grimshaw - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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