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Newton’s Third Law of Motion states: ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.’ Forces acting on different objects come in pairs. They’re always equal in size but opposite in direction. It’s a tidy law of balance and order. The ancient Chinese philosophical principal of yin and yang speaks of cosmic principles orContinue reading “Equal and Opposite: Balance and Order”

As a child I was told, ‘Don’t throw stones!’ However… I did have a catapult that I used to fire small stones. My friend had a catapult too. We went to a building site and attempted (successfully!) to fire stones over a house. Don’t throw stones? We weren’t caught! And yet… When we went onContinue reading “Don’t Throw Stones!”

Listening to an old ‘Seekers’ CD this week brought many happy memories. I was particularly pleased to remember the old Tom Springfield song ‘Walk with me’. Walk with me through the long and lonely nightWalk with me, and my world is filled with lightHere I stand, feeling lost and so aloneTake my hand, don’t desertContinue reading “Walk With Me”

Dragons: Yesterday, thinking about St George killing the dragon, set me musing… Good: I saw a Welsh flag with the Red Dragon at its centre. It’s a dragon from Celtic mythology, the Welsh guardian and protector. It represents strength, courage, and resilience, the spirit of the Welsh nation, symbolizing defiance and resistance, calling Welsh peopleContinue reading “Dragons – The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly”

Three stories from yesterday: Looking for Ducklings: I enjoyed hearing of the eight ducklings that fell into a storm drain in Milton Keynes. Local rescue group MK Swan Rescue arrived. They located and rescued four of the ducklings. They then called in Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service who managed to find and get the otherContinue reading “Looking for Ducklings…”

When I was teaching, there were many good kids, well-motivated, eager to learn. A few didn’t want to learn and would do all they could to avoid it. A third group just wanted a quiet life. It wasn’t that they couldn’t do the work. They just couldn’t be bothered. I’ve heard frustrated teachers saying, ‘MakeContinue reading “Make An Effort!”

Yesterday would have been Queen Elizabeth’s 100th birthday. Plans for a memorial to her, featuring a bronze sculpture that will overlook The Mall in central London, were revealed. King Charles spoke reflecting on Queen Elizabeth’s life and the world today. Quoting fourteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth’s first ever public broadcast, he said that we can each playContinue reading “Making the World a Better and Happier Place”

This morning I started reading 2 Chronicles. King David has died and his son Solomon has become king. God says to Solomon, ‘What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!’ Solomon replies: ‘…you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth! Give me theContinue reading “What Does Wisdom Look Like?”

This Weekend… …I had my hearing tested at ‘Hidden Hearing’. It’s a couple of years since I was last ‘done’. I was plugged in and put through the tests. My hearing has deteriorated in my left ear and I’m advised to wear hearing aids. Some of my hearing isn’t hidden; it’s disappeared! …We were playingContinue reading “When Hearing is Hidden”

Last night we went to Ipswich and watched ‘The Carpenters Story’. We heard Richard and Karen Carpenter’s rise to fame, and we enjoyed remembering many of the songs that made them famous in the 1970s. I learnt that ‘I need to be in love’ was Karen’s favourite: The hardest thing I’ve ever doneIs keep believingThere’sContinue reading “I Need To Be In Love”