Category Archives: All Life Lenses
Are you in or are you out? A quick reference guide for Life Lenses™
Nobody can pick up everything that comes onto their radar. Not even the best intentioned, hyper focused. Some things go by the wayside. It’s called perspective. We naturally pay attention to some things. And to others we say ‘pass’. This … Continue reading
Getting flashed based on your assumptions
I laughed out loud when I read this joke in a Tongue in Cheek newspaper, and then made a note to write a blog post about it. First the joke… My husband was driving when he saw the flash of … Continue reading
Danielle LaPorte on ‘why you’re privileged: perspective from the dark side’
I have privilege. Lots of it. Some of it’s my making (working hard to be the first/only person in my family with a university education). Some of it’s by pure luck ‘o the draw (being born white and in Canada). … Continue reading
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TED winner challenges our perspective through his lens
JR, an anonymous photographer and artist, and his 28 millimetre project are enlightening, invigorating & inspiring. Take a look. A good look. A new look. Fore more information about JR click here.
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Tagged 28 millimetre project, jr, perspective, ted, ted winner
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Dancing with dichotomy; we can learn from others but do we?
Human beings , who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ~ Douglas Adam (English writer, 1952-2001). Ain’t it the truth? We have … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhist, dichotomous thinking, dichotomy, difference, douglas adams, other
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I want to be an aid worker
Perspective. It’s everything. Like this illuminating video from the Global Poverty Project.
Culture (& other cultural perspectives) is not a crime
It’s not a crime to: wonder if wonder how look at things through another perspective try on a new pair of lenses try to understand another culture or another worldview (knowing you’ll be viewing it from the perspective of your … Continue reading
When blackberries were a fruit – a funny perspective from the BBC
It’s all a matter of perspective, when… a blackberry was a type of fruit frozen meant what happens when you put something in the freezer juice was something you drank orange was a fruit (orange being a telecommunications company for … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, blackberry, perspective, ronnie corbett, technology, the one ronnie, worldview
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There’s no safe place on the body to stab someone
Whoa! Huh? Say what? There’s no safe place on the body to stab someone was the response from Michael, a 16 year old who’d just received first aid training for stab wounds. In Liverpool, England gang members are being taught … Continue reading
There are years that ask questions and years that answer
In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God author Zora Neale Hurston writes there were years that ask questions and years that answer. Besides being a sentence that made me jolt to a stop and ponder, it’s a great way … Continue reading
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Tagged answers, perspective, questions, their eyes were watching god, worldview, zora neale hurston
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