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What the Parents Thought?
Yesterday… …At ‘Singing for Wellbeing’ we sung the old song ‘Mama Don’t Allow’. Covered by many artists, in many styles… Verses list many things that Mama don’t allow, but her children are going to do anyhow. Mama don’t allow no music playin’ round hereMama don’t allow no music playin’ round hereWell, we don’t care what…
It’s the People that Count
On Wednesday… …watching Miss Saigon, we heard the song: They’re called Bui-Doi, The dust of lifeConceived in Hell, And born in strifeThey are the living reminder of all the good we failed to doWe can’t forgetMust not forgetThat they are all our children, too ‘Bui-Doi’ in Viet Nam originally were starving country people, who came…
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Yesterday, reading Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ I came across the Latin phrase ‘ad astra per aspera’. Literally it means ‘ad astra’ – ‘to the stars’; ‘per aspera’ – ‘through suffering’. It’s a familiar idea. Every problem is an opportunity. Difficulties can lead to learning and personal development. Hardship and suffering aren’t obstacles…
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