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April 2010

What influences my IDENTITY?

By ThinkingNo Comments

Identity could be described as “qualities, characteristics, thoughts, opinions and emotions that makes an individual who they are”.

I know who I am, but what influences my identity? Well see below:

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The influences in the inner circle are micro influences meaning that they are individual to me and my life. The influences in the outer circle are macro influences that influence all of our identities. As you can see I have a diverse range of influences on my identity as we all do.

However most importantly to me is how I show the world (and everyone in it) who I am. I do this by:
1. Expressing what I think and feel
2. My actions and omissions and
3. How I treat others

Blog soon,

Antony

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Thursday 22 April 2010

Gross National Happiness

By Inspiration2 Comments

This seemingly small country has something rather unique and wonderful about it. Rather than measure the growth of a country by it’s economy it measures it by how happy the people are. According to Gross National Happiness they ask a selection of citizens how they feel about a variety of areas of living including: Time use, Living Standards, Good Governance, Psychological Wellbeing, Community Vitality, Culture, Health, Education & Ecology.

And according to Wikipedia in 1972 the ruler of Bhutan king Jigme Singye Wangchuck announced that he wanted a system of monitoring the growth of his nation that fitted in with the country’s Buddhist religion and so Gross National Happiness was developed.

I think the world would be a much better place if other countries adopted this system of measuring their growth. I’m sure many of you could argue against this and I’m sure the system has plenty of criticisms. But for me given the choice between happiness and money, I’d go for happiness every time as money can’t buy happiness.

Just thought I’d share something that brightened my day,

Antony

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Monday 19 April 2010

A Sad Truth

By Gay, ThinkingNo Comments

The sad truth is that homophobia still exists in the world today. Some people still believe that it is a heterosexual world and that being gay is wrong and worthy of a beating. For some reason it’s usually heterosexual men that are the perpetrators towards gay men. See this video:

Now before you strug this off as American, do you remember the case of a gay teenager Michael Causer in Liverpool (a city close to were I live)? He got murdered on his way home.

Homophobia is alive in every country of the world, and we should not forget it.

Related links:
http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11283.html
International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Stonewall
Peter Tatchell

With love,

Antony



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Saturday 17 April 2010

Book Review: The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

By Books & Authors, ReviewsNo Comments
The Gift by Cecelia Ahern Book Cover I love Cecelia Ahern’s books. PS, I Love You I found to be emotional and moving, Where Rainbows End was like reading intimate and private letters, A Place Called Here was like stepping in to a world of make-believe, Thanks for the Memories made me question our connection to our bodies and If You Could See Me Now made me belief again in invisible friends.

So I had high hopes for The Gift. The Gift tells the story of high flying building developer Lou. Lou is too busy for his family and always needs to be in two places at once. Lou’s a workaholic which is made worse by a potential promotion. The book is set towards Christmas which is obvious from the book cover and the chapter titles. Then one day Lou meets Gabe a homeless guy on the street and buys him coffee. For some reason Lou offers Gabe a job and what follows is an adventure as Gabe helps Lou reevaluate his life and priorities prior to an unexpected ending.

The telling of the story through the writing felt a little laboured at times. It felt as though it was rushed to publish in time for Christmas and because of this the story didn’t flow as previous books by Cecelia. In addition Cecelia explained the meaning of the story at the end – that time is precious. Cecelia didn’t need to do this and it felt slightly condescending.

Overall The Gift is a comforting Christmas read, with a good “moral” to the story.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Saturday 10 April 2010