Archive for February 9th, 2006
Rheumatism
Thursday, February 9th, 2006Do you get rheumatism? Well, so do I! And so, at one time or another, do most people aged over 40.But what exactly is it? What does this much-used word ‘rheumatism’ actually mean? Well, I need to do a bit of clarification here, because the word ‘rheumatism’ is much misunderstood.
First thing to appreciate is this. [...]
Being Gentle
Thursday, February 9th, 2006Let the gentle bush dig its root deep
and spread upward to split one boulder.
– Carl Sandburg
There is a fable about the sun and wind having a contest to see who can get the old man to take his coat off first. The wind blows fiercely, but the old man just pulls his coat tighter around [...]
