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In a change to the scheduled blog I would like to share this, which I posted on Facebook earlier. People liked it, so I thought I would publish it here. The world is often full of horror and it just depends where we are looking whether we see it or not. There are no politics here, just a comment about how fragile our lives are.

The Facebook Post:

The events in Paris are terrible. My heart goes out to the living and the injured and the relatives, who have had their lives changed forever. We suffered an unexpected young death in the family this year and it wrenches you away from reality. It leaves a hole in your life. It serves to remind us that squabbling with people we love, or being unkind, or hassling kids to do homework really serves no purpose. What matters is that we take five minutes each day to remember to love and hug and kiss those who are in our lives. When they are gone, the memory of our mutual love will sustain us. How will you be kind today?

Next week…back to Lord Reith

When did you last take your car in for a service? Or invite a plumber to inspect your boiler? Probably a least once a year.

When did you last get your blood pressure checked? Or have an eye test? Perhaps within the last five years.

When did you last have a whole weekend away from work, without reading emails, or checking texts? Perhaps never.

Struggling to read a page of notes a couple of weeks ago, I joked to a colleague that I needed to get my eyes checked and didn’t have the time. She laughed warmly and then gently pointed out that I had, during the course of our discussion, been urging her to take better care of herself by cutting back on working hours…so, perhaps I could take care of myself as well?

I did and promptly booked an eye test and now I’m looking forward to reciting a tiny line of letters, which is the traditional precusor to spending £200 on new spectacles. I think the last letter should be a £ sign. Maybe it is and I can’t see it clearly…

Here’s a practical suggestion: If you are working more than 60 hours in any given week you might be under more stress than you realise. You might also love your job. Both conditions can be true at the same time. However, as we can’t see inside ourselves how do we know if we are really healthy? My suggestion is that we can choose to book a well-person check up with our GP and get ourselves checked out.

Prevention is better than cure!

Please take care of yourself, you are special. Yes really, you are.

Next week:  Learning From Lord Reith