Ollie Lind Poetry

I recently wrote that I would do a poetical political comment on Zimbabwe as soon as the situation clears and we have some idea of what the future holds for that unfortunate country. The quotation that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely seems, unfortunately, to be very apt in this case. I note Mugabe [...]

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On Good Friday I did something I haven’t done for a very long time. I spent the entire day in solitude. I didn’t answer my mobile, no radio, no TV. Not a single word to a soul. Was I lonely? No. I recently read a book by Deepak Chopra regarding meditation. Please don’t rush to [...]

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I spend a great deal of my life assisting other’s to progress in their lives. It is the most satisfying and uplifting thing I know how to do. That’s not to say life is a simple journey from success to success. Anybody who says he has never failed either has never attempted to do anything, [...]

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I have mentioned a couple of times that I try to have at least one meaningful conversation with someone every day. The other day I was privileged to have just such a conversation. His name is Aleks and he is a Sales Manager. I have trained and mentored him for a while now and we [...]

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Have you ever had that perfect day? A day when it all flowed, people were all good natured, everything you touched just turned to gold? I had one of those days on Saturday. Weekends are normally very busy and this weekend was no different. Early Saturday morning I have a martial arts class which is [...]

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