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We decide where we go and what we do in life.   We choose whether we lose our days in TV soaps and game shows or determine to achieve more by our lives.   We decide whether life is an existence or an achievement, whether we leave a memory or a mark on our generation.   Bryn Jones

Dear day, It was tough yesterday. Tough to live. Hard to breathe. But you’re a new day. You’re ahead of me. And I’m going to live you. I’m going to squeeze the life out of you today, dear day. I’m going to care. And I’m going to laugh. Give. Smile. Stand up when I fall down. Walk.... Run. Breathe the air. I’m going to appreciate the simple today. And lose myself in something pleasurable. I’m going to listen. To God. And to my friends. Did I say I’d stand up if I fall down? Oh yes. Not only that. I’ll laugh. Laugh at the trivialness of what used to upset me. Today, dear day, I’m going to live you. Poem based on the 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings by Kate Bratskier

Isaac Asimov was a science fiction writer and fifty years ago in the New York Times he predicted what 2014 would look like. At the time he was living with inventions like eight-track tapes as being cutting edge and with no sign of personal computers and the like, so that helps us understand how far seeing he was. How did he do? 1.        Coloured glass that can change colour to suit the mood and rooms that can change colour at the touch of a button. -           Correct. Not common in homes yet, but the technology exists. Last year Mercedes introduced sun panels that darken in response to the extent of sunlight, already common with sunglasses of course. 2.        Lab grown meat to cope with the food crisis. -           Correct. Lab grown burgers were produced for the first time last year. 3.        Self-...