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The Circle

·Dec 29, 2022

The Way.

Isn’t it strange when we are told to get through something, it usually means the opposite. It usually means we should walk away, or choose a different path. Let time pass, close our eyes and give distance. Even getting over something, is a process of avoidance. Because for some of…

Kindness

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The Way.
The Way.
Kindness

3 min read


Published in

The Circle

·Dec 28, 2022

The Exit.

Most of the time things are happening to us, not by us. The happy moments, the moments of enormous sadness. When the days are easy, and when the days are hard. And when it is not under your control, we are encouraged to forget about it. To walk away. To…

Kindness

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The Exit.
The Exit.
Kindness

2 min read


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The Circle

·Nov 20, 2022

The Mess.

It is such a mess. How often have we told ourselves that, and wondered how we are ever going to come out of the other side, and that we wish we could turn back time? How often have we looked at our lives and wondered with dismay: how did this…

Kindness

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The Mess.
The Mess.
Kindness

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Planetwise.

·Nov 9, 2022

The planet will be just fine.

Dinosaurs are fascinating to children and it is not surprising. A world where lizards the size of double decker buses, with teeth the size of paving stones, live alongside crocodiles with wings on a planet that explodes with fire and spits lava? Yes please. I was reading yet another book…

Environment

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The planet will be just fine.
The planet will be just fine.
Environment

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Published in

The Circle

·Oct 15, 2022

The Fail.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were an expert at something, the first time we tried it. Wouldn’t it be convenient if everything we created, worked first time. Wouldn’t life be easier if every decision we made, turned out to be the right one. From musical instruments, to school, to…

Failure

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The Fail.
The Fail.
Failure

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Published in

The Circle

·Oct 7, 2022

The Balloon.

We spend so much time in our lives burying things. So much time being cool. Pretending things did not happen, or they did happen but we didn’t feel what we felt. Conversations avoided. Subjects changed. Vague answers. It just feels easier to do that. …

Kindness

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The Balloon.
The Balloon.
Kindness

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Published in

The Circle

·Sep 15, 2022

The Context.

You are too sensitive. You think too much. You are over-reacting. These are things we hear about ourselves, from the perspective of another. We hear that we are thinking too much about a decision, or a moment, or a relationship. We are told that the scenarios and choices in front…

Love

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The Context.
The Context.
Love

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Published in

The Circle

·Aug 2, 2022

The t-shirt.

Been there, and got the t-shirt. You went to see the band? Get the t-shirt. Ticked off another Hard Rock Café, in an exotic location? Visited the place, the mountain, the beach, the legendary landmark? Take it home with you on your chest. Be proud. If it is something in…

Kindness

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The t-shirt.
The t-shirt.
Kindness

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Published in

The Circle

·Jul 20, 2022

The Neighbour

We are always next to someone. It might be someone we pass in the street, a few centimetres apart. It might be someone we interact with on social media who lives thousands of miles away. We may know this person, we may love them. We may not know them at…

Kindness

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The Neighbour
The Neighbour
Kindness

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Published in

The Circle

·Jun 21, 2022

The Version.

The hardest person to get to know, is the one who looks back at you in the mirror every morning. We stand and stare, with a toothbrush or a hairbrush in hand, and it feels almost impossible to interpret what flashes across our own features or what the knotted feeling…

Kindness

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The Version.
The Version.
Kindness

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Ian McClellan

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Writing for meditation. Reading to learn. Independent writer. Aspiring human.

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