Magpies

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There are things in life that we do, yet do we stop to actually think is there any value to it. Do we ask ourselves ‘what was the point of that?’.

Day-in, day-out our time is consumed with ‘doing’, we are busy.

That Facebook survey to tell us ‘who our best friend forever is’ or some repetitive work task that’s done because ‘that’s how we do things here’.

How much of our lives are we sucked into things, especially in a digital world, where we end up spending time on an activity that adds no value at all. It also creates a habit of being distracted by the next thing that comes along, so when we need to focus, we’ve lost the skill to.

Just because it’s there and we can do something does not mean that we should be doing it.

Our lives are precious, guard your time for deeper and meaningful things that make a difference. Don’t do ‘that’ and become a ‘magpie’ taken by the next shiny thing.

Clinging on by a fingernail

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Sometimes in life, we can get pushed back towards the edge of the precipice and we keep stepping back. It becomes a habit and our energy gets drained. It becomes a spiral.

We get to the edge and we think ‘that’s it’ and we slip over the edge and into the ‘abyss’ we go.

However, we manage to grab the edge and cling on by a fingernail.

Life has its tough moments and we feel like there is no option sometimes and the urge is to let go and give in.

Often though this very moment is where we find the something, that will, an urge to fight.

Some of the most magical, greatest and fulfilling moments and creations that people have enjoyed have come from these moments of hardship and sometimes despair.

It is the true test of our commitment to realise our dreams and ambitions.

The easy option and long-term far less rewarding or meaningful is to keep letting go and giving in at tough moments.

Cling on and rise strong from our falls.