Tag " Personal Development"

Have you ever been bullied or even been a bully? I think it can be one of the worst forms of ‘torture’. In retrospect I now realise that at one stage in my life I allowed myself to be bullied. My usual sunny disposition was squashed and instead I became a BMW – a bitter, […]

This will be my final blog on my original site http://elainehanzak.blogspot.co.uk/ because in future all my posts will be directly on my new website here. The old one shall remain although all previous posts there have been transferred over to the new site. I am also in the process of creating a category index for them […]

Last night I had the pleasure of babysitting my niece for a couple of hours. Since Christmas her speech has come on in leaps and bounds and it was wonderful to be greeted with ‘Hello Elaine’, a smile and a wave all at the same time! Isn’t it amazing how quickly children learn the most effective way […]

Whilst I was washing up last night I remembered to leave the sharp knife out out the water until I was going to immediately wash it. I smiled as I recalled that it was something that Clive was adamant that I do. He would tell me the story of someone he had known that had […]

‘An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.’  Bill Vaughn Did you stay up? Which camp were you in? I confess I was in both! 2011 for me was undoubtedly the toughest I have faced (so far – as Clive […]