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29 April 2017

TAKE CARE

When saying good bye to someone, I usually say "Take care" as a reminder to the one leaving. I have come to realise though that if I do not heed to my own advice and take care of myself, I may be the one leaving first. Saying that, I must confess I have failed miserably in the past especially when it came to healthy eating, physical exercise and sleep. I have made changes though since my brush with cancer and am slowly seeing results. So take care!

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

Parents complain to me that their children don't read. What they mean is their children don't read boring stories in printed books. Have a look at the compulsory reading for school kids around the world and you will realise they are books about life calaminities and society's problems in a gamut of genre; not something a teenager would eagerly cuddle up to read in a cozy corner at Starbucks. Want your kid to read? Let her find printed matter that interest her and feed her with those books. Then she'll read.

ON MONEY

Love this paragraph by Jim Rohn from an article of his:
"John Wesley said, “Earn all you can, save all you can and give all you can.” A person who sees the powerful force for good that money can be will more likely keep their own life in balance by pursuing the disciplines of earning, saving and giving, which, together, create the perfect tension and balance."



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