Monthly Archives: June 2025

Forget their ego

What makes a teacher great?

A great teacher must forget their ego and concentrate solely on what makes their pupil succeed.

Funny, that really is a very hard task today as teachers are now rewarded for achieving targets set by unaccountable government bodies and to be promoted they must be effective business leaders who can talk the talk when it comes to profit and loss.

Surprisingly there are still great teachers around who achieve great things, however, there are just too many pupils who never come across a great teacher and therefore never get the chance to gain  the insight education can bring .

It is a great loss to society.

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A New Brain

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

It’s not common knowledge ,but those of us in the elite classes can pay for a brain MOT and trade in our old brain every three years for a new model.

It’s preprogrammed so we don’t lose anything we’ve  learned, such as being mean, selfish and totally lacking in empathy and generally capable of cynical cruelty and disregard for humanity..

There is a disadvantage though,the surgery is high risk,so the disclaimer that you sign prevents any law suits and also, it’s a don’t ask policy when it comes to the source of your replacement brain.

The new brain cells bring a freshness of insight and a fresh thirst for innovation

Obviously any failures are covered up or better still not talked about at all.

I’m on my third one so far.

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Too many to list!

What are your daily habits?

I suppose there are a lot of things that many of us have the privilege to do habitually.Some though there life is chaos and they  would be grateful for the chance to live a regular habit forming life.

My thoughts are with them.

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Breathing

Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?

Breathing.

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Food is an ongoing pleasure

What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?

Taste and food  are continuously evolving pleasure,there is no most, they are all different experiences to be savoured

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Bop the Forcer on The Nose

If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?

If ….it would never happen….the protagonist would be flat out on the floor.😉

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A little bite

Why do insects sneakily bite me when I’m out walking in hot sunshine in a middle England town.

The bite when it happens is sharp like a needle.I reach my hand down after saying “ouch” and look to see what the cause was.No sign of anything,Not even a red mark.My leg looks perfectly normal.

I keep checking to see if anything has bitten me, but it’s the next day,that the swelling appears, it looks white with a tiny little bite mark on top and I know that in a few days it will turn red and start to itch.

What are these creatures and why are their bites so random and what benefit do they get out of them?I don’t think it’s a deep enough bite to suck blood but at the same time the bite causes pain and a delayed defence reaction from my body.Why do the little critters do it and why do I never see them do it.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.

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Spirituality

How important is spirituality in your life?

I currently know a very religious person who I talk to  frequently.

Our conversations are interjected with cries of Jehovah be willing,so at the moment Spirituality is playing an important role in my life in that I have to show empathy and understanding,when really I consider this behaviour irrational.

Much more interested in the Spirituality of Nature and its’ various activities.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading

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Selfishness isn’t all bad.

How do you practice self-care?

Do you think that  the United States of. America President Trump practices self-care? I doubt it, and he gives selfishness a bad name.It’s a bad combination.It’s definitely a road to Armageddon and there will be plenty of his followers who will gleefully go along that road in the belief that there is a better life waiting for them and that everyone else can burn.

Not that Trump believes that will happen, his size tens are firmly in this World and what he can get out of it.

Nevertheless to navigate this rather tumultuous period, we must practice self-care.Don’t be side-tracked by these fools.Do your stretches, choose to eat well, support businesses who do the right thing and breathe.It’s selfish I know and takes up time, but it’s so much better than worrying or indeed bombing people.

Namaste and Thank You For Reading.

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Drop an Einstein

How do you waste the most time every day?

How easily we drop an  Einstein today.Sadly the great man is being used to promote “smart meters” on television adverts .This is doubly sad as smart meters really aren’t  that smart.

Still the fact remains Einstein’s genius was pure and hard won. In his youth his suitability for academia was questioned by those who could not understand him,however,he went against the tide of opinion and won through to become an intellectual icon.

In doing so,he spent a lot of time doing things others felt were a waste of time. I’m sure he would agree, no matter what others say, time as an entity can never be wasted.

When we follow our intuition down a black hole and come out none the wiser, we have still learned or perhaps we have had a rest from overthinking.Either way we have used time to our benefit and perhaps to the benefit of those around us.

I would suggest that saying something is a waste of time is the only way to  waste time, and we should be wary of those who push the idea of wasting time  as it stops creativity and originality in its tracks

Namaste and Thank You For Reading.

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