My thoughts. Feline and persistent, paws and claws, purring and yowling, demanding attention and distraction, reassurance and pursuit.

Seriously, though, this is the question: could a person live happily with nothing to do?

I do not believe one has to come to terms with one's past and fully know one's self. That does seem narcissistic. And exceptionally dull.

If we want to be better prepared next time we have to quit the blame and the resignation and navigate a new course.

I started jogging in 1998 when I was 27. Up until then, I'd done virtually nothing physical.

It's not about going down the self-indulgent rabbit-hole of 'finding oneself', more about becoming oneself in the fullest sense.

The tone has a wryness and detachment as well as a clarity of vision, seeing into both the vulnerability and the courage of her characters.

I found this article both inspiring and interesting. It's not one I feel confident summarising so I am recommending it to you.

The cat's nose is wrong. The proportions are out of whack. Somehow it's skewed.

You see the mind of a person through what they do. And, with the heroes, is and ought are seamlessly connected.

This blog series was recommended to me by a person I met in an online philosophy group. It looks well worth reading.

I try to push the clouds away. Recall the moon and the collegiate feeling. The moon is still there. The moon.

I realised that committed action actually does demand some kind of conviction and there is a moral cowardice in the failure to take a stand.

This is an interesting article - which I would have linked to in an earlier post, had it come out earlier!

The first time I met The Twitcher, he'd been watching wagtails. The second time he told me he'd seen a kingfisher by the river.

The old myth claims that excellence is 1% talent and 99% hard work. Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success and Matthew Syed’s...

Uncertainty isn't just the opposite side of the coin to certainty, it can also be our launching pad rather than our sinkhole.

The more emotionally resonant an experience is, the more salient we will find it.

Well, Shakey, you are the patron saint of poets, dramatists and lovers everywhere. Happy Birthday.

Meaning is not ready-made in the world; it is something to be achieved.