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Thank you Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for highlighting the awesome power of daydreaming. More on this later.
Why wandering minds are often the most creative.
Daydreaming has always been my favorite activity, the secret to my happiness and fulfillment
Have you ever been told, like I have, that it’s bad, it’s no good, to daydream, because it means doing nothing—contributing to nothing! Being asked again and again, what’s the benefit of staring out the window—instead of doing something beneficial, something good! To admit we- the daydreamers- feel like we need an apology for doing what we love and what we know is doing us good!
Time to let go of all this. Come with me and embrace daydreaming and watch your life change and flourish.
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First published on 18 September 2019, updated on 17 October 2026
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Can the Priceless be Priced?
NO PRICE TAG, BUT PRICELESS…
Can we price, for example, the love of parents for their newly born child? Their love and excitement when they hear their first words, mama, dada,..? Can we price our love for our children in general and their love for us? Can we price the first moment when grandparents see their grandchild, hold them, hug them and love them? Can we price love itself? Can we price friendship, comradeship, compassion, gratitude, forgiveness, kindness, generosity, dignity, peace and contentment, good and goodness, worth and worthiness, beauty and wisdom, prayers, thoughts, reflections, courage, intellect, purpose, legacy,..., and such like? Can we price mother nature and our sacred earth, sunrise, sunset, blue skies, clouds, moon and stars, forests, woodlands, birds and butterflies, the morning chorus, laughter, joy, happiness, being alive, health and wellbeing and more? And finally, can we price the life itself, humanity, and what it means to be human?
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“Our age has eerily come to rhyme with Keynes’s”- Robert Skidelsky
Paraphrasing the timeless words of Maya Angelou, we need hope, optimism, and not only to survive, but to thrive with kindness, love, empathy, humour, commitment, and passion. This is the essence of Keynes, his legacy for today: "economic growth and wealth accumulation are not ends in themselves, but merely the means to secure "the good life".
…and I firmly believe that the world at large is rediscovering these timeless gems, given the rapturous applause and standing ovation we witnessed yesterday at the play: The Standard of Living, ‘the thrilling, funny and deeply moving portrait of a man who dared to imagine something better’- John Maynard Keynes, at the Royal Haymarket Theatre, London.
Yes, we can and we must, envision overcoming deep systemic challenges like neoliberal economic pressures, war, and destruction, If we listen to the Voice of Hope, echoing across the world.
N.B. For far too long, only the prophets of doom, the ‘monster dogma’ brigade, have been the ones dictating what governments can do, cruelty, austerity, privatisation, deregulation, and hopelessness, so that economic plunder and exploitation can effectively be maximised for the interest of the few.
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