Monday 10 October is World Mental Health Day, the focus of which this year is the support people can provide to those who are in psychological distress. The objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation, “The Day provides an opportunity for …
E I L N S T
Here’s one for all you Scrabble fans out there. What words could you make from these letters? There are two words which I can spot which form the basis of a good way of relating one to another. The words are related to each other in some respects. These two words say a lot about …
World Water Day
22nd March was designated World Water Day by the UN General Assembly over 20 years ago. Just a quick look at www.unwater.org will give you all manner of water-related information and statistics, particularly relating to the developing areas of the world. So why am I writing a Thought for the Week about water? I think …
Mothering Sunday
I thought I would give this Thought for the Week it’s Christian title rather than the American idea of Mother’s Day which started in 1908. Mothering Sunday was thought to have started when children, mainly daughters, would be given the middle Sunday in Lent off from their domestic servant duties and allowed to return to …
Tidying Up For Visitors
Picture the scene if you will. Your visitor is due in half an hour. You are frantically clearing the dining table of bits of paper which have been put there to wait for a convenient time for you to file, shred or recycle them. The kitchen needs a clear up from last night’s meal, and …
Falling Off The Stage
Anyone who saw the Brit Awards earlier this week, or indeed the headlines which followed, will know that poor Madonna fell backwards on stage during her performance. She said afterwards that she was fine and, quoting the lyrics of the song she was performing, said ‘nothing can stop me and love really lifted me up’. …