Author: Tom
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Perseverance
per·se·ver·ance Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness Continued steady belief or efforts, withstanding discouragement or difficulty; persistence persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity, doggedness, persistence – the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose I think those words, borrowed from http://www.thefreedictionary.com, just about…
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Swimming and winning!
In my post “Normal service has now resumed” I waffled on about making a start. And today, I did just that! Yes, I’ve finally gone back swimming. I swam an impressive 30 lengths of the pool in around 32 minutes. Impressive to me that is. I’ve not been swimming for at least six years, and…
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Being at the centre of the universe
This is just a random post today, to see what thoughts come to me as I’m typing. I still have a couple of my ‘reserve posts’ waiting to be put on here, but I don’t feel the time is right for them to be used yet. Maybe the time wasn’t right for some of the…
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A Ghostly friend
Although I live in my flat alone, this isn’t entirely true. I have a visitor who ‘pops in’ every now and then to let me know that she is there. This visitor isn’t from our plain of existence. No, she’s a ghostly visitor who likes nothing more than to play with my electrical equipment. When…
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How time passes
Time’s a funny old thing, isn’t it? I recently posted about the waiting game, and the number of different situations that we can find ourselves just waiting. And there are undoubtedly hundreds more situations where we just have to ‘hang around’ for one reason or another. In these situations, time seems to pass by more…
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