Tracey Rissik's Life Balance Blog

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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Loving life

Earlier I was reading an email from a friend, in which he told me about a personal growth weekend he’d been on.  He wrote: ” it struck me that that was the week-end when I fell back in love with my life….“. I got goosebumps when I read that  – what an incredibly powerful statement [...]

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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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People we love…

These lovely thoughts are written by the sister-in-law of a friend… “I often think that the people we have loved, And those who have loved us, Not only make us more human, But also become part of us. We carry them around all the time Whether we see them or not. In the same way, [...]

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12 things to remember

Thanks to my friend Tina for sending these to me… Twelve things to remember: 1. The value of time

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Make the most of NOW!!!

I read a newsletter this evening that really got me thinking … about how I, like so many others, often don’t do the important things in life – the easy, trivial or

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