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On Re-Learning the Beautiful Art of Friendship

Anita Mathias — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:15:18 +0000

The rather wonderful Stephen Fry upset the internets by telling Irish television host Gay Byrne what Stephen Fry would say to God when they eventually met up. How dare you! How dare you create a world in which there is such suffering that is not our fault? It’s not right; it’s utterly, utterly evil. Why should […]

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Poor Me and Amazing Me: Which Narrative is Yours?

Anita Mathias — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:48:59 +0000

Sometimes, going through my Facebook newsfeed, I see two narratives: Poor Me and Amazing Me. Poor Me status updates are largely negative: ill-health, the misadventures of children, looming deadlines, crushing work loads, exhaustion, the intransigence of schools, employers, medical services; the inadequacy of tax-payer money funnelled towards their needs, the anguish of the entitled! And […]

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In which I Resolve Not to Waste my Time or Passion on What Does Not Really Matter

Anita Mathias — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:14:43 +0000

“A man sees an odd-shaped piece of animal skin on the ground in front of him. He lashes out at it with his foot, and sends it skimming across the open, grassy field on which he’s standing. As a direct consequence of this, several million people around the world experience intense feelings of joy or […]

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Words in Social Media as Pearls, Stones, Swords and Life

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:25:04 +0000

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (Matt 13:45) And if you had one of those pearls, what would you do with it? Here’s what you would not do: You would not “throw […]

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In Which I Decide to Forgive a Frenemy; For Nothing is as it Seems

Anita Mathias — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:10:08 +0000

The snow fell over our Oxford garden and transformed it. I sometimes look at my garden, and think it’s getting rather scruffy, and resolve to get out with shears and secateurs come spring. But then snow falls, and the garden, a little bit overgrown, much in need of a prune, is transformed. White, magical, still […]

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How I am Navigating Facebook

Anita Mathias — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:57:00 +0000

I started using Facebook last year, in 2009, when it was 4 years old. It’s an amazing success story, and I do love it for how it connects me to people from my past, from various phases and stages of my life. It’s amazing–an amazing way to tap the zeitgeist, to find out what your […]

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