Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Life or Death

Just watched a film called ‘The Day the Earth Caught Fire’. Long story short, four months from the discovery, earth was going to go up in flames. Riots and demonstrations followed the announcement. A placard caught my eye.

‘Water is Life’ it proclaimed. You can’t argue with that.

Water is Life.
We have to have water to live.
Like air, we can’t live without water.

Being so essential to our very existence, one would think that water would be the one thing that our expensive government, would be responsible for.

But no. Our government has shunted off this responsibility on to private bodies. And what do private bodies care about? Well, it’s not about building dams and conserving water.

Instead, throughout the Internet you will find articles on:

how to shower so you can use less water
how to flush – or possibly not flush your toilet – to use less water
how to clean using less water
how to garden using less water

in short, do things using less water, because the water bills keep going up and up - while the water levels are going down and down. 

So, if water – without which we can’t live – is of no interest to our government, what is it that engages their concern? 

'Politicians rack up more than $101 million in expenses' says one paper in 2012. And 'The most outrageous thing pollies have spent our money on' says another in 2016. There's nothing the little people and their bills.

Serious about saving water?  Please share.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Happiness - An Inside Job

Not as happy as you should be - or as you'd like to be. Try this for the next thirty days and give us the feedback.

1. Spend more time with family and friends.
2. Stop smoking.
3. Lose weight by eating sensibly.
4. Exercise to become fit and healthy.
5. Enjoy and celebrate life daily.
6. Start saving.
7. Get rid of your credit cards.
8. Stop spending.
9. Learn something new.
10. Take up something you loved as a child.
11. Volunteer in causes you’re interested in.
12. Organise the various parts of your life.
13. Take a trip – even if it’s just a bus trip to discover the city you live in.
14. Talk to at least one new person every day.
15. Make a phone call weekly to interact with people you’ve lost touch with.
16. If you’re a TV addict, give up the habit for one day a week, and read instead.
17. Get a decent night’s sleep.
18. Get excited about life.
19. Get rid of junk.
20. Think twice about replacing it with other junk.
21. Stop drinking.
22. If you spend too much time sitting around, start walking or gardening or anything that will move you from that chair.
23. Buy a diary and start recording your daily activity, even if it’s only a walk to the corner store. 
24. Start remembering friends’ birthdays and anniversaries.
25. Visit your parents not regularly, but unexpectedly and often.
26. Drive with care and courtesy.
27. Give away what you don’t want or need.
28. Concentrate on doing rather than buying.
29. Meet up for coffee or lunch with friends you rarely see.
30. Do one thing a month you’ve never dreamt of doing – attending a local dance, art show, school fete, theatre production, church service etc.
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