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Rabbits
Anyone who has a dog and walks her in the countryside will be aware that this time of year is particularly frustrating for your dog. Everywhere they turn, there are little white tails bouncing across the ruts, disappearing down a hole … Continue reading
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Tagged enlightenment, greyhounds, meditation, peace, rabbits, reflection, sitting, Tao Te Ching
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The Love Rules
Welcome to Love Rules. The purpose of this site is to design a set of “love rules” to help create lasting and equitable relationships based on the principle of unconditional love. Unconditional love is the highest form of love, often thought … Continue reading
Posted in Intoduction
Tagged love, love rules, pet love, relationships, unconditional love
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Water
Leaders would do well to consider the properties of water and attempt to imbue themselves with some of these qualities. Water can take many forms, depending on the circumstances it finds itself in. It cannot be destroyed: it merely changes … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Lao Tzu, leadership, strength, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, water
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Paths
Whilst out running recently, I was greeted by the sight of the stile above. It stands alone in a secluded woodland and is not connected to any fences, hedges, wires or other barriers. I have run this route many times … Continue reading
Creation
A good friend asked me once: ‘What have you created today?’ It stopped me in my tracks a little at the time. I answered without thinking: ‘I have created space’. I wasn’t sure at the time what I meant by … Continue reading
Place
There is a bridge over a small river a couple of miles from where I live in Somerset. It is one of my favourite places to visit. It’s nothing spectacular. Pretty ordinary really. You probably wouldn’t take much notice of … Continue reading
Koan
Problem solving skills are highly sought after in both the academic and business worlds. Institutions such as schools and universities teach them as a core part of many courses and structured training. Leaders are expected to demonstrate good problem solving … Continue reading
Sparkle
It is easy to get mentally trapped into steering a steady course through life. Life is not a smooth ride and there are many slips and trips to be had. It is natural to want to avoid these painful episodes as … Continue reading
Haiku
There is a special form of Japanese poetry called the Haiku. It’s format is 3 lines, containing 17 syllables – 5 in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the third. With such a rigid and ordered … Continue reading
Sandals
Many great lines have been written to help us, but my personal favourites are the four lines at the end of verse 36 of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu: ‘The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the … Continue reading
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