Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Aspire to Inspire

Aspire or inspire? Confused? It's a simple case of Self versus the Other.
Aspirations are your dreams, ambitions, goals, vision for the future. You ASPIRE to achieve them. INSPIRE is when you arouse the urge in someone else to do something; simply put, to inspire is to encourage someone to attain their objective.

Thursday, 7 February 2019

It's Peanuts!

We all know what peanuts are, don't we? People are often taken by surprise when they learn that peanuts grow beneath the soil and do not grow on trees like walnuts do. While we consume peanuts in various forms there is yet another use of this rather cute nut in informal language. It signifies a very small amount. Today's newspapers have this screaming headline - 'It's Peanuts for Farmers' for the story being carried on the allowances being provided to the farmers.