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From Within ...

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  What does that mean?   When people say it’s ‘within’ you … or you have to change ‘within’.   Some of us go away with a message that makes no sense at all and so we go about our daily business and forget the message.   However, the message gets a little clearer when others give examples of what it really means to ‘go within’ to find what life is all about and, more importantly, what we’re supposed to do with it.   Two men, in particular, can show us what that means.   Mandela and Frankel.   For an answer, we must first ask: “What is the one big lesson that men like Nelson Mandela can teach us?”   Even though we must not forget the fact that he did at one time in his life, end others lives, humanity is left with a gift that we can all learn from.   When Mandela came out of prison, after spending all those long years in one horribly secure place for his crimes against humanity, he wasn’t bitter nor was he angry.   He did...

Change

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Autumn is renowned for hustling in changes.  Whipping up winds and throwing thrashing rain down upon the earth, many poor mortals have forgotten what this all means.  Change.  People all over the planet know this is a season that gets us prepared for hunkering down and huddling up.  But while we transition from summer's hot glory through to winter's icy frosts, autumn gives more than a reason to pause for thought. Many believe this season is the season to change everything.  Many believe that change is in the air and this change will make a difference to everyone's lives.  We are all yearning for something different.  Hope, perhaps?  For a long time now sweeping changes have been in the making, and now they are nearly upon us, some of us wonder what to do. The recent storms in the UK, though disastrous for many, are mild in comparison to what others have suffered the world over.  And are still suffering.  ...