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Author of books on Calcutta, Delhi and Dar es Salaam, I am now blogging as a lay person about the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. I am also blogging about the effects of World War One on the village of St Mary Bourne, Hampshire.
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Tag Archives: hyperactivity
The Ant: Ogden Nash
The Ant The ant has made herself illustrious By constant industry industrious. So what? Would you be calm and placid If you were full of formic acid? Ogden Nash The illustration is copyright: Air0ne via Shutterstock
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Tagged ADHD, ant, formic acid, hyperactive, hyperactivity, Ogden Nash
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Hyperactivity: Erich Fromm
Most people…imagine themselves to be immensely active while they are driven by the obsession to do something in order to escape the anxiety that is aroused when they are confronted with themselves Erich Fromm The illlustration is © Cartoonresource | … Continue reading