by Clifford Murray | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
Is Self-Image Important? I read recently that our self-image is important. It is probably true that our self-image does influence much of our action, our feelings, and the presentation of ourselves. If you have a good self-image, inevitably it will give you a sense of...
by Clifford Murray | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
When is old? A good question. One that is asked by many of us as we age. How we like to keep pushing the number on. Some people like to think that old is always ten years more than they are. Just recently I couldn’t remember something and said to Rita, ‘I can’t...
by Clifford Murray | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
The inevitable and unavoidable! I want to mention a subject which is not normally discussed at the breakfast table, in fact, probably at most meal tables. It is the subject of our demise. Now please don’t switch off or stop reading! Interestingly, I have found a...
by Clifford Murray | May 16, 2022 | Blog
ON BEING HUMAN! I want to share with you what I think to be a heart-warming story. In Sao Paulo, a city in Brazil of approximately 12 million people, it is estimated that there are up to twenty thousand homeless people. A lady named Shalla saw one of these homeless...
by Clifford Murray | Mar 14, 2022 | Blog
Near Death Experience! I have recently become very interested in the extraordinary number of near-death experiences reported. Perhaps it is because I am no longer as young as I used to be and although I look forward to being a hundred in 17 years’ time, I do realize...
by Clifford Murray | Jan 17, 2022 | Blog
WHO IS LEFT BEHIND? Recently in the news we heard about two apartment fires. One where 12 people died including seven children, another where 19 people died including 10 children. We heard that 70 people were killed by tornadoes in the States recently and then we...
by Clifford Murray | Apr 5, 2021 | Blog
The Pandemic … from where I sit. I am sure this is the first pandemic that most of us have ever experienced, and hopefully it will be the last. We have readily identified the downside, the negative aspects and the total inconvenience we have endured for the...
by Clifford Murray | Mar 22, 2021 | Blog
Where am I? or Where are you? If we were to answer that question we would probably say something like “I’m right here in…”and then mention a location. But that is not the answer. I am currently reading a book entitled The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard, who talks...
by Clifford Murray | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog
LIFE GOES BY SO QUICKLY! As a cow likes to chew on the cud so old men like to ruminate on life. At my age when your birthday comes round you sense it is an achievement! Around my birthday last year I wrote a piece entitled “Life is but a moment!” I assume people tend...
by Clifford Murray | Jan 31, 2021 | Blog
What’s happening to our friends? In three weeks I will be two years into my ninth decade. For those who don’t want to work that out, it means I will be eighty-two years old. In keeping with the title I am concerned as to what is happening to our friends. Obviously, it...
