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Diary

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 @ 00:00

by Caroline Chartres

Alternative therapy

ON THE DESK in front of me is a Swedish proverb, on a Christmas card from a friend: “Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more.”

What wise words, and, indeed, I started the New Year full of good resolutions, but I am weighed down with baggage — not merely of the past year, but of a lifetime. Everywhere I look (desk/bedroom/waistline), I am confronted with the evidence of my ...

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