by merlelevin | Apr 22, 2010 | Life Lessons
“Everyone runs into naysayers. But if you love something enough and feel passionately enough, you just go on ahead, walk right round the person saying it, proceed down the road and don’t look back. I wish there were a 12-step program on how to deal with all the...
by merlelevin | Apr 16, 2010 | Life Lessons
Old data or inspiration? Dr. Hew Len suggests we are carrying around in our databank, an inordinate amount of old junk that needs to be cleaned out if we want to live a happy and fulfilled life. He says that any problem that arises, does so because somewhere in the...
by merlelevin | Mar 23, 2010 | Life Lessons
Stanford Valley farm is nestled in the beautiful Overberg of the Cape. Four years ago it began as a dream and forty of us responded to the idea of living and growing sustainably together (it’s a dream-in-process still as few of us actually live on the farm...
by merlelevin | Feb 7, 2010 | Life Lessons
Prevent Aging with thought By Abigail Williams In 1979 psychologist Ellen Langer carried out an experiment to find if changing thought patterns could slow ageing. But the full story of the extraordinary experiment has been hidden until now. How much control do you...
by merlelevin | Jan 19, 2010 | Life Lessons
Here are six rules from Michael Pollan’s upcoming book, “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”: You can read the full article at:http://www.slashfood.com/2010/01/15/michael-pollan-on-food-rules/ #11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television. Food...
by merlelevin | Jan 12, 2010 | Life Lessons
I love walking on the Sea Point promenade at sunset. There are throngs of people who jog, walk their doggies, push their babies, stride beside their elderlies. You see a range of toned derrieres flying past you at a rate or flopping beside you at a snail’s pace. ...
