In this category I am going to feature stories about locals. These will be lives of people who are just like you and me, who I have encountered in the different locales I move in. Some initial stories will be inner Melbourne folk, others will be Mt Hotham villagers and others still will be random people I meet.
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Patience is a manifestation of trust. It conveys to the other person that he or she is worth the time.
~ Scott Berkun
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If you want to study yourself – look into the hearts of other people.
If you want to study other people – look into your own heart.
~ Friedrich von Schiller
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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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There are two words that can change a mood, change a mind and change a heart. There are two words that can change a life. Do you know what they are?
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Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.
~ Matthieu Ricard
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
~ Maya AngelouPhoto – Ceramic wall mural in Drewery Lane, Melbourne (author’s own)
Leaving the CBD work-life for one in the snowfields and the 2014 season was a great choice.