This Thursday August 10th, 2004, Ava's friend, affectionately know as 'the boxer' committed suicide. I know this may seem awfully morbid, but in the midst of such a sorrowful event, there are things to be learnt, and things we can do. On Thursday night, Ava saw on the TV that 'boxer' had died, and immediately phoned his family to find out what had happened. We went together to … [Read more...] about Death and Sorrow

I have been talking about blame in my previous two articles, and how it is so destructive. But what other choice do we have? Firstly, we are humans, born free. What I mean is that we are free in our own minds. Nobody can take away what we have in our own heads, at least not yet. No matter what our situation, we are the one who is solely in charge of our own mind. But that … [Read more...] about So how can we make a difference?

Blame. The more I think about blaming others, the more I see what a devastating effect it has on the lives of so many, and then the less I want to think about it. So where does it come from, what causes us to become blamers, looking to other people to be the cause or source of our misfortune. Firstly I'd like to outline some things where we do blame others, these are just … [Read more...] about More about blaming

As things change at work and people are leaving one thing has come into my mind. How often do we blame other people or things for what is happening to us? Let me set the scene and then explain. My school has lots of problems, from administration downward. It's pretty badly managed. In the week to come the academic director (second in charge) and another teacher are leaving … [Read more...] about The cycle of blame