My One-track Mind

Living With Head (Brain) Injury

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Hartley all smiles as F1 dream turns real

Young Champions and Dreamers

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11934975

Brendan with his child-hood hero, Jean Alesi

picture from

https://www.facebook.com/BrendonHartleyMotorsport/

“Everyone has some talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it may lead.”

from https://youcanbeachampion.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/everyone-has-s/

and http://www.beliefhope.wordpress.com

picture from

https://www.facebook.com/BrendonHartleyMotorsport/photos

“All our dreams can come true…if we have the desire (burning), determination, courage, passion, persistence and patience* to pursue them (and it’s often through the very dark places where they may lead)…long enough.”

-c

from http://www.craigsquotes.wordpress.com

picture from

https://writingandformula1.wordpress.com/

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When Brain Damage Unlocks The Genius Within

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI

https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/when-brain-damage-unlocks-genius-within

and http://www.headbraininjury.wordpress.com

from

https://www.facebook.com/livingwithheadinjury/

“TBI upsets life on multiple levels: physical, psychological, social, and even spiritual. TBI affects the roots of who we are — our ability to think, to communicate, …

and

https://traumaticbraininjurytbi.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/tbi-upsets-life-on-multiple-levels-physical-psychological-social-and-even-spiritual-tbi-affects-the-roots-of-who-we-are-our-ability-to-think-to-communicate-and-to-connect-with-other/

Don’t have a victim attitude. No matter what has happened to you there are always new beginnings and new opportunities. You have positive attributes and don’t let your difficulties define you. They are merely challenges to overcome and you can develop stategies to compensate for these deficits.. No matter how significant the injury, never think you are disabled… because disability is a state of mind.

“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do…best.”

from

http://www.headbraininjury.wordpress.com

http://www.traumaticbraininjurytbi.wordpress.com

and

https://livingwithheadinjury.wordpress.com/

“You’re not disabled (limited) by your disabilities, you are able (enabled) by your abilities.”

from
https://headbraininjury.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/youre-not-disabled-by-your-disabilities-you-are-able-by-your-abilities/

and

https://www.facebook.com/livingwithheadinjury/

PPS Just because a brain has been damaged does not have…

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The Night of the Storm: St James Church Massacre

“THE JOURNALIST “… REVEALING AND INTERESTING "INTERVIEWS"

https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/the-night-of-the-storm-st-james-church-massacre-cape-town-south-africa-as-relayed-by-frank-retief-3/

from a Google search (my “filing system”)at

https://www.google.co.nz/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ698NZ698&ei=UGXyWa-tM8Gd8QXx_5fgBg&q=+craig+lock+frank+retief+the+night+of+the+storm&oq=+craig+lock+frank+retief+the+night+of+the+storm&gs_l=psy-ab.3…15311.15311.0.15708.1.1.0.0.0.0.379.379.3-1.1.0….0…1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0….0.xvpZo8NuIcU

“Together, one heart, one mind, one life, one small step at a time, let’s plant the seeds of hope for a better and brighter future… then together let’s walk towards it.”

picture from http://www.mandelamadiba.wordpress.com

and

http://www.sawriter.wordpress.com

picture from http://www.itsalwaysdarkestbeforethedawn.wordpress.com

and http://www.awritersdreams.wordpress.com

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Meet the Kiwi teen saving elephants from tourist trade

Unsung Heroes: People Shining a Light in a Sometimes Dark World

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/meet-the-kiwi-teen-saving-elephants-from-tourist-trade/ar-AAtQOtW?ocid=NL_ENNZ_A1_

“Share, encourage, inspire”

PPS

Best wishes from the First City to see the light

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James Rolleston on his miraculous survival, his brain injury recovery and adapting to a whole new life.

“THE JOURNALIST “… REVEALING AND INTERESTING "INTERVIEWS"

Source: James Rolleston on his miraculous survival, his brain injury recovery and adapting to a whole new life.

and

https://fromdarknesstothelight.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/james-rolleston-on-his-miraculous-survival-his-brain-injury-recovery-and-adapting-to-a-whole-new-life/

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House GOP leaders open probe into FBI’s handling of Clinton investigation

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356871-house-gop-leaders-open-probe-into-clinton-email-probe

and

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/356778-time-for-jeff-sessions-to-stop-giving-hillary-clinton-a-pass-on-russia

from

https://www.facebook.com/journowriter/

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

https://mandelamadiba.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/for-to-be-free-is/

https://writercraig.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/for-to-be-free-is/

and

http://www.craigsquotes.wordpress.com

“Sharing, supporting, informing,  enlightening, “entertaining”(??), encouraging, empowering, enriching, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring”

enough there for now, c!

 

pictures from

www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com

www.sawriter.wordpress.com

https://southafricathebelovedcountry.wordpress.com/

and

http://www.onetaleoftwocities.wordpress.com

“Together, one heart, one mind, one life, one small step at a time, let’s plant the seeds of hope for a better and brighter future… then together let’s walk towards it.”

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Ali: A Life

“THE JOURNALIST “… REVEALING AND INTERESTING "INTERVIEWS"

http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018619127

from

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018619127/ali-a-life

“Champions have to have the skill and the will. But thewill must be stronger than the skill.”

from

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/champions-have-to-have-the-skill-and-the-will-but-the-will-must-be-stronger-than-the-skill/

from

https://youcanbeachampion.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/champions-have-to-have-the-skill-and-the-will-but-the-will-must-be-stronger-than-the-skill/

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Gandhi.

Euphrates.

Jai Hind!

What I am going to share is my concern.

Recently, one of my friends (a hardcore RSS supporter) sent a video of an interview with a retired high court judge. He was trying to justify the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , a rightwing organisation well known for their ethnocentric views and activities, also a major ally of the ruling party in India now). He said that no court in India has proved their guilt in the assassination of the Mahatma… Mahatma Gandhi. So it was wrong to blame them.

Yes, to an extend he is right… The major conspirator was the hindumahasabha the parent association of RSS.Though RSS had threatened to do the same and even distributes sweets to ‘celebrate’ when light had gone out of our lives. Even Shri Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the iron man of India ( the one who was instrumental in lifting the ban…

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