Tracey Rissik's Life Balance Blog

Life according to otters…

A friend sent me a link to this video earlier today, knowing how I LOVE cute animals… and it made me think about some life lessons too… What I got from this video (apart from loads of smiles): It reminds me that we all start from a place of not knowing, & can learn & [...]

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We occupy a very tiny place in the heavens…

I found this video quite by chance a couple of days ago, and on each watching of it, am struck more & more by the awesomeness of our universe, and by the imagination of humans to be able to FIND such distant galaxies. Towards the end I get a lump in my throat (I guess [...]

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Some thoughts on stress

I read an email forwarded on to me today, with some interesting thoughts on stress. Here are a couple of paragraphs: “Some people consider crawling along in traffic an opportunity to listen to their favorite music or relax and do their best thinking. For others, traffic is a nightmare that will ruin their entire day. [...]

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A 21-day challenge…

You’ve heard that it takes 21 days to break or create a habit, right? Well, here is one habit worth changing: complaining and putting yourself in “victim mode”. Read Alexander Green’s

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Living every day with passion

(By Jeremy Orbell) The evocative phrase: ‘Living every day with passion’ conjures up wildly different images for many people. Living is life, pure and simple, and your perception or definition of life is determined by your past experiences and your current thought patterns. What does the word passion mean to you?

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Our search for meaning

Some of us get to the stage in life where we need to find out what it is that we’re on this planet for, or what the purpose or meaning of our life is. I have been heading towards that point for a couple of years, and I think it has now hit me: I [...]

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