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First principles of hope and enjoyment

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The events of this year have come to affect us all in many ways, especially as we have just entered #Lockdown2, and so I have chosen to focus on resilience.

There are many famous quotes in respect of resilience including one I contemplated using from Nelson Mandela following the recent celebrations of Black History Month and another by John F Kennedy given the American election we have all endured over the last few days.

However, I settled on one more seasonal and took my inspiration from the carved Halloween pumpkins in the garden that can be seen from my home office window. It seemed most appropriate during these uncertain times:

“It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula

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