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Marriage, whether in holy matrimony or in a commitment ceremony, is considered, to those who wish to take these vows, a sacred and long lived tradition. It is a tradition in any culture to bring two people together in love and, for all intents and purposes, also until their dying day.
How seriously one takes those vows at the time of this ceremony or months, years or decades later is a personal choice and part and parcel of life as humans. Nothing is truly sacred, nothing is set in stone and we are in fact mere mortals, after all.
Continue reading IS IT JUST A PIECE OF PAPER? I THINK NOT …
Taken directly from Wikipedia – EPIPHANY (feeling) – An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”) is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger) essence or meaning of something. The term is used in either a philosophical or literal sense to signify that the claimant has “found the last piece of the puzzle and now sees the whole picture,” or has new information or experience, often insignificant by itself, that illuminates a deeper or numinous foundational frame of reference.
Last October I had one, an epiphany. Whilst travelling in my car on my way to work I was thinking, as one does when stuck in horrendous traffic every morning on the way to work, about my relationship with my EX and for the first time I was looking back over the years and thinking about me and my role in the deterioration of our relationship.
Continue reading “An Epiphany” … Have You Ever Had One?
Well do you remember where you were six years ago on Anzac Day? I am struggling to remember but I know I would have been thinking about the many men and women who over many years have fought for their country and lost their lives. Feeling very proud and nostalgic – my parents having both been in the forces.
Then can you remember where you were or who you were with when you first heard about the three men trapped, one kilometre underground, in a Gold mine in Tasmania? I don’t remember those finer details but I do remember watching the news each day living in hope for the men and their families.
Continue reading BEACONSFIELD & ANZAC DAY …. PUTTING LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE
It’s something I have had a lot of time to think about over the last three to five years of my life.
Is a moral compass something we are all born with but don’t necessarily know how to use, gauge or apply?
Is it something that comes with a level of use that cannot be decreased or exceeded?
Does it actually change due to maturity (whether that be immaturity or mid life crisis), circumstance (testing our scruples) or our mental health, eg. Depression, stress, or any other type of personal crisis?
Continue reading OUR MORAL COMPASS … WHAT IS IT? DO WE ALL HAVE ONE?
Although I have not hit that half century yet (but I am looking down the barrel of that daunting number), I am in fact currently unemployed.
It’s a topic for discussion and I thought perhaps someone might like to enlighten me as to the ‘cons’ of employing a responsible, worldly experienced male or female who would choose to work for the benefit of their livelihood and retirement. With these two entities alone, brings a very strong commitment to their job role.
Continue reading UNEMPLOYED @ 50 ….
There is something tantalising about the idea of unplugging
yourself. From the everyday, from the screens that fill every line of sight,
from the noise of modern life, from the omnipresent wireless internet
connection.
Challenging, yet also tantalising, is the idea of unplugging from the very thing that creates so much
of the hubbub and speed of modern life, and the source of the unplugging
metaphor – electricity and it’s most visible form, light. Continue reading Unplug yourself for Earth Hour
 All smiles here in Melbourne In Melbourne, February and March are the big months for street festivals and events in the first half of the year. These months, are abutted by the Christmas, January break on one side and the cooler winter months on the other.
Organisers of events generally avoid January as many people are away on vacations and so crowds are often down at metropolitan events.
Winter in Melbourne is generally cold and wet and not good weather for outdoor events. Continue reading Street reptile parties Melbourne.
Yes, Generation X potentially have a more restored memory than those from Generation Z. In fact, aging doesn’t necessarily affect ones’ memory; a survey conducted between various age groups quaintly depicted that people aged 31-40 had the preeminent memory. The survey included two investigations: a visual-memory test and a word-memory test.
This is virtuous
Continue reading Does Age Affect Memory?
Reptile shows Melbourne in Summer
January is a strange time of year.
In theory it’s quiet, but some years we are flat out at Snakebusters. Continue reading Reptile shows in the Melbourne Summer
Melbourne
Christmas day in Melbourne this year (2011) was a typical Melbourne affair. It was overcast in the morning. In the middle of the day it got hot and sunny and later on the heavens opened and we had rain like you wouldn’t believe, with golf-ball-sized hail stones thrown in to give us the “white Christmas” usually associated with European destinations.
As Melbourne’s only 24-hour snake catcher, I had the usual calls to catch snakes over Christmas. Continue reading Melbourne
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