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Mar 14, 20231 min read

#250 The Ripple Effect

The ripple effect of acts of connecting with others is evident in this beautiful quote by Leo Buscagli. Mindful that so often we don’t...

Mar 13, 20231 min read

#249 Mindful Monday

Apart from being alliterative, #MindfulMonday is a wonderful way to set goals for the week ahead. I appreciate this quote as it reminds...

Mar 12, 20231 min read

#247 Change? Uncertainty? Opportunity?

Source: “Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!” As creatures of habit, it is easy to be...

Mar 8, 20231 min read

#243 “Have you been kind today?”

“Have you been kind today?” Such a simple question, yet one that can - literally - change your world. Whether kind acts are planned,...

Mar 4, 20231 min read

#239 Did curiosity kill the cat?

I would say I have always been curious and was recently thinking about the expression, “Curiosity killed the cat”. Quite naturally I...

Mar 2, 20231 min read

#237 Meraki and me

As a linguist, I love discovering new words and was delighted to come across ‘meraki’ [μεράκι]. Aside from sounding delightful, I love...

Jan 12, 20231 min read

#234 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Mindful that Monday January 16, 2023 is a national holiday in the US in honour of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr. on January...

Jan 5, 20231 min read

#233 2023 is here!

I am, as we move from one year to the next, reminded of this wonderful Graham Greene quote. Whilst it seems to me that this quote is very...

Jan 1, 20231 min read

#232 Wise words ...

I love (as shared in last year’s post) the simplicity in these ten words. A philosophy encompassing the personal and professional. Apt...

Jun 27, 20221 min read

#228 Mindfulness quotes

I do love how - regardless of the time, place or context in which first said - a quote (and especially a mindfulness one) can so often...

Jun 9, 20221 min read

#227 Being ...

Mindful that we are human beings (and not human doings); what, if instead of to do lists, we kept to be lists? Rather than measuring our...

May 12, 20221 min read

#225 Impact

This quote seems an apt and powerful quote for our school communities. Mindful that educators do not simply teach, but rather ask...

May 1, 20222 min read

#224 Meaningful May

This week’s blog title is, admittedly, taken from this month’s Action for Happiness calendar. As I highlighted in my blogpost entitled...