The Fountain of Life

  "A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up." ~ Albert Schweitzer Man's obsession with the discovery of the fountain of youth reaches deep into early history. Whether driven by the desire to overcome his mortality or by the quest to rediscover the key to …

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Tilting at Windmills

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters - which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed dyspepsia. ~ Henry David Thoreau One of the microphones came on prematurely during a performance …

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The Powerhouse of the Cell

  I love to hear the head of my Practitioner Support team (the group in my company responsible for technical marketing and education) speak about health and wellbeing. Her passionate interest in restoring normal flow to the body's various systems fascinates me - and our clients - to no end.   Restoring optimal cellular function …

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The Finer things in Life

On Fields O'er which the Reaper's Hand has Passed by Henry David Thoreau On fields o'er which the reaper's hand has pass'd Lit by the harvest moon and autumn sun, My thoughts like stubble floating in the wind And of such fineness as October airs, There after harvest could I glean my life A richer …

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The invisible made visible: It’s what you do!

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast." ~ Oscar Wilde From whence cometh humanity? Have you given much thought to that question? Are we the result of chance or divine order or as with most alternate of choice questions, are the heavily marketed options masking the truth of the matter? Whatever …

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Lost in Translation

I've been digesting a delicious article from yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, called "Take a Tip from your Tongue," for the last few minutes and like Marcel Proust's madeleine I find myself lost in a dreamy remembrance of a time when perfection was the norm and not the exception. Was there such a time? A time …

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