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Author Archives: Graham Smallman
Personal Challenges! “Encouragement for daily living”
Last Sunday (16 April 2023) I successfully completed my 9th Manchester Marathon in 5 hours and ten minutes coming 16004 out of 28 thousand participants. Leading up to the run I was quite ill and it was touch and go … Continue reading
A Fateful Kiss! “Encouragement for Daily Living”
To kiss or not to kiss! When greeting and meeting people, different customs and practises exist that include head movements, handshakes, hugs, singular and multiple kisses. There is the kiss of affection, love and farewell. There is also a fateful … Continue reading
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Tagged A kiss of affection, Betrayal, Confusion, Deceit, Easter, Faithfulness, Fateful Kiss, Feast of Passover, Follower, Humiliation, Jesus, Judas Iscariot, Lent, Loyalty, New peace and purpose, Rabbi, Shock and Shame, Traitor, Trust, Wounded
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Beyond the Horizon
I recently went to see the 2022 film Fablemans directed by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote and produced it with Tony Kushner. He uses the film to reflect upon his own life (known in the film as Sammy) growing up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond the Horizons, Boundary between light and darkness, Business and personal goals, Business models of Horizons, Clarity rather than spite, Fablemans, Glass ceiling, Growth strategies, Hardships, Horizons, Interesting and boring horizons, Job 26: 10, John Ford, New opportunities to move forward in life, Perspective, Proverbs 8: 27 horizon on the face of the deep, seasons of life, Steven Spielberg, What do you see
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Tsunami Wave!
On the 26 December 2004, a major earthquake erupted off the coast of Sumatra Indonesia. As a result a tsunami wave of up to 100 feet, struck local communities around the Indian Ocean with a loss of over 227 thousand … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangkok, Chang Mai, Disasters, Earthquake, Elephant doesn't forget!, Forgetting, Forgiveness, Higher ground, Indian Ocean, Jesus to peter how to forgive, Life Guards, Mud slinging, Offensive actions, Olive branch, Phuket, Reconciliation, Relationship problems, Thailand, Truth and pride, Tsunami wave, Unexpected events
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Leader of the Pack! – “Encouragement for Daily Living”
In the first of a series of three blogs, Sharing is Caring, we made reference to the boy whose loaves and fishes were the basis for the provision of over five thousand people. In the second blog, Follow the Leader, … Continue reading
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Tagged Actions and Intentions, Do to others what you would want for yourself, Example of Quuen Elizabeth11, Faith, Follow the Leader, Jesus came to serve not to be served unto, Leader and Follower, Leadership environment, Leadership models, Love and Respect for others, Own critique of leadership, Review of Leadership, Rules and relationships, Self-improvement, Service, Sharing is Caring, To be served unto
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Follow the Leader!
When I left school at the tender age of sixteen, my first full time job was an apprentice Heating and Ventilating Engineer for Robert Heyworth Company Chorlton Manchester. I was assigned to work with different engineers on both industrial and … Continue reading
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Tagged A courageous spirit, Awareness, Boy with loaves and fishes, Control of egos, Follower, Follower of fashions and trends, Happy and content, Instructions, Leader, Loyal supporter, Mark 6 feeding of the 5000, Moral, Online follower, Sharing is Caring blog, spiritual and compassionate leadership., Stalker, Team player, Trainee leader, Troll, Unwelcomed follower, Voyeur
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We’re going on holiday!
During the recent Covid pandemic one of the many questions I heard asked was, when can I take a holiday such as a Staycation or Vacation abroad? Once it was lawful to arrange a holiday, there was the daunting task … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid travel documents and tests, History of a summer holiday, Holy- Days, mind and spirit, Planning and visiting a holiday, Rest body, Sabbath Rest, Slow down, Spiritual worship and renewal, Staycation, Thomas Cook, Vacation, What is your priority for a holiday
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Graduation Day 2022
It’s a beautiful July day and I am taking time to write my new Blog and Insights that I’m publishing this month. I am sat in the same area where I was as an undergraduate reading Theology and Religious Studies … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Aspiration, Celebration day, Christian faith, Exams, Famil and friends, Forgiveness, Formative years, Gradients, Graduation day, Hope, Last will and testament, Manchester University, Mid years, Plateaus, Retirement years, Ryland's library Oxford Road, Rylands library Deansgate, Sunset
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Can’t do it! Won’t do it! Can do it!
Can you remember a time when you were wrestling with a situation and the simple conclusion was: I can’t do that! In fact I won’t do that! One of my biggest challenges was running the London marathon for the first … Continue reading
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