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Let there be light...
Alex writes an occasional blog to a select group of 100 direct contacts. Some of them are shared here.


Alex Pratt
May 23, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 7
Marcus Aurelius (121- 180AD) wrote: "Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason...
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Alex Pratt
Apr 18, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 6
Thomas Jefferson wrote "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." I've often pondered that...
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Alex Pratt
Apr 13, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 5
Happiness In a note given to a courier in a hotel room in Tokyo in place of a cash tip, Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein shared his...
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Alex Pratt
Apr 9, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 4
Manipulation In ‘1984’ Eric Arthur Blair (aka George Orwell) wrote : ‘Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together...
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Alex Pratt
Feb 14, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 3
Canadian actress Jenn Proske (Vampires Suck) said: ‘Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside...
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Alex Pratt
Jan 31, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 2
Organisation states that depression is the single leading cause of disability in the World, outstripping heart-disease and cancer. Our...
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Alex Pratt
Jan 16, 20181 min read
Let there be Light 2018: No 1
Greek Philosopher Epictetus (55AD) wrote: “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” This strikes me as a...
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Alex Pratt
Dec 22, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 29
Canadian actress Shay Mitchell said: “I realised that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.” Nobody is...
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Alex Pratt
Nov 27, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 28
Anton Chekov wrote: ‘Any idiot can face a crisis- it’s the day to day living that wears you out.’ Sometimes in life we find ourselves the...
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Alex Pratt
Nov 11, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 27
Mark Twain wrote: ‘Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.’ Getting older, this thought increasingly resonates with...
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Alex Pratt
Oct 23, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 26
French President Emmanuel Macron said: ‘My priority is my economy minister mandate and to create momentum.’ It strikes me that the...
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Alex Pratt
Oct 9, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 25
Happiness author Doe Zantamata wrote: ‘’Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them…your smile, your hope,...
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Alex Pratt
Oct 2, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 25
German novelist Johan Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: ‘Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.’ Put...
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Alex Pratt
Sep 25, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 24
American author Helen Keller wrote: ‘Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.’ It is one of the...
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Alex Pratt
Sep 18, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 23
Bruce Lee said: ‘The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus’ If there is one of the many maxims that I have not...
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Alex Pratt
Sep 11, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 22
Entrepreneur Roger James Hamilton: ‘Wealth is the crystalisation of trust.’' The usual comment about trust one hears is that it takes...
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Alex Pratt
Sep 4, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 21
Mark Twain wrote: ‘My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.' Having never been one, but benefitted so...
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Alex Pratt
Aug 31, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 21
American rap artist Eminem said ‘My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.' Being both a son and a father makes you...
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Alex Pratt
Aug 18, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 20
American football coach Lou Holtz said ‘The problem with having a sense of humour is often that people you use it on aren't in a very...
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Alex Pratt
Aug 1, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 19
Winston Churchill said ‘You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.’ It seems to be the...
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Alex Pratt
Jun 26, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 18
My great mate Neil says“Tell you what mate, if your mood is governed by the weather you are going to be one hell of a moody bastard.”...
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Alex Pratt
Jun 19, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 17
The sixteenth century clergyman Saint Francis de Sales wrote“Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy....
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Alex Pratt
Jun 12, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 16
The sixteenth century clergyman Saint Francis de Sales wrote“Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy....
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Alex Pratt
Jun 5, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 15
J.K Rowling wrote “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” We have...
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Alex Pratt
May 30, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 14
Martin Luther King Jr said “All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.”...
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Alex Pratt
May 22, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 13
George Bernard Shaw wrote “The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The unreasonable man adapts...
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Alex Pratt
May 15, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 12
The Dalai Lama says “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Physical...
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Alex Pratt
May 8, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 11
The Dalai Lama says “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Physical...
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Alex Pratt
May 2, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 10
The Dalai Lama says “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Physical...
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Alex Pratt
Apr 13, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 9
American write Denis Waitley wrote “It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.”...
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Alex Pratt
Apr 7, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 8
Russian Novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time” It has been a while since my last...
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Alex Pratt
Feb 22, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 7
Oscar Wilde wrote “The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.” Do you feel appalled...
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Alex Pratt
Feb 13, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 6
American poet Robert Lee Frost wrote “The best way out is always through.” We tend to be uncomfortable with our feelings- like feeling...
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Alex Pratt
Feb 8, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 5
The second noble truth of Buddhism says that “Desire is the root of all suffering.” Desiring a certain outcome can easily slip into an...
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Alex Pratt
Feb 6, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 4
American Author Arnold H. Glasow wrote “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” Great friends cherish...
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Alex Pratt
Jan 30, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 3
Oscar Wilde wrote “Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.” Forgiving yourself is even more liberating and uplifting....
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Alex Pratt
Jan 16, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 2
American writer H.L. Mencken said “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” A one level the art...
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Alex Pratt
Jan 5, 20171 min read
Let there be Light 2017: No 1
Gangsters’ Paradise musician Coolio said “Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here...
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Alex Pratt
Dec 22, 20161 min read
Let there be Light 2016: No 169
Artist David Hockney said “Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.” There is a huge difference between...
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