Tag Archive: Nelson Mandela

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Ubuntu

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Thanks to all of you who read and commented on yesterday’s post on grief. Once again I am struck by how much strength and comfort we can draw from each other. We should… Continue reading →

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Weekly Round Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading →

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What I learned From Nelson Mandela

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The soundtrack to my teenage years in the mid-eighties was filled with The Specials Nelson Mandela protest song; in school I spoke as captain of our debating team about the evils of apartheid in South Africa,… Continue reading →

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Our Deepest Fear

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Watch and listen as author Marianne Williamson speaks the beautiful words of “Our Deepest Fear”,  memorable words spoken by (and often wrongly attributed to) Nelson Mandela.