15th December 2017 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“Christmas is a time
for giving. Let us for once consider to give to ourselves first for a change”
“We rush around
getting ready for the big event with presents, food and decorations”
“It is also a time for
peace and being gentle to ourselves with rest and recuperation after a
hard-working year”
“For many of us a few
days off at Christmas is crucial to recharge our batteries”
“To meet up with
friends and family and to join in and to re-connect”
“It is also time to be
at one with a loved one and to have quiet and a loving time together”
“To make that
necessary time and just to be!”
“All of us need that
rest from the hustle and bustle of life, which seems a constant stream of
stress and worry”
“We all need to slow
down and be at one with ourselves and if possible just do nothing”
“For many that is
almost an impossibility, such is the treadmill of life of which we all are
responsible”
“Learning to switch
off, to relax and be kind to ourselves is very important at this time”
“This way we can all
stop and appreciate what we have and to start to enjoy the meaning of life
itself”
“We can reflect on the
year now almost past and to be content that we have done very well in fact”
“Now it is precious
time for us and it is us, who must choose how we wish to enjoy it”
“Peace and goodwill
starts with ourselves and then, if we have a mind and energy left, we can help
others”
“By putting ourselves
first for a change, means we start to value who we are”
“We are all holy and
sacred and this sometimes we forget in today’s busy lives”
“Peace for us all must
reign supreme!”
6th December 2017 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“Russia has been
banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the
International Olympic Committee”
“It is high time that
sports in general are highlighting the use of drugs”
“In the 2014 Games
hosted by Russia in Sochi, high level cheating by drugs was confirmed”
“Thomas Bach and his
board made this announcement in Lausanne. They reached their conclusions after
a seventeen-month’s investigation”
“The Russian Olympic
Committee has been suspended”
“The IOC will only
invite clean Russian athletes to compete in February under the name Olympic
Athletes from Russia”
“There has been
systematic manipulation of the anti-doping rules and the system”
“This proves the
Russian Government was involvement in cheating in the run-up to and during the
Winter Olympics for almost four years”
“This entire
investigation was instigated by a whistleblowing Dr Grigory Rodchenkov”
“He was the director
of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory during the 2014 Sochi Games”
“He stated that he ran
a systematic programme of doping & claimed he had cheated substances to
enhance athletes’ performances”
“He switched urine
samples to avoid detection”
“The World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA) enlisted the services of Canadian Law Professor & Sports
Lawyer Dr Richard McLaren”
“He looked into these
allegations. The report showed 1,000 athletes across 30 sports benefited from
the doping programme between 2012 & 2015”
“When Russian athletes
were re-tested, there was a host of bans & a stripping of medals”
“A Russian bobsleigh
man Alexander Zubkov was stripped last month of two gold medals he has won at
the 2014 Sochi Games & banned for life”
“A total of 25
Russians have so far been banned for life in taking part in any Olympics”
“The clean-up of
athletes is now being strictly controlled and there are more whistle-blowers
out there”
“No one is safe and it
is high time that hard working athletes get their fair share of the prizes
& no longer the cheats of the world!”
“John Jackson, who led
Great Britain’s men’s bobsleigh team in Sochi in 2014 could be awarded a bronze
medal”
“These decisions must
come in to protect all legitimate athletes around the world at last”
