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Mon 2 Dec 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • Lily Allen

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Rick Astley

    Never Gonna Give You Up

    • Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Someb.
    • RCA.

  • Bad Company

    Can't Get Enough

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
    • 1.

  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • The Beatles

    Lady Madonna

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 020.

  • The Beatles

    Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 2.

  • The Beatles

    We Can Work It Out

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 013.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lightning Bolt

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Nat King Cole

    O Tannenbaum

    • Christmas With Nat & Dean.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Pump It Up

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Darkness

    I Believe In A Thing Called Love

    • The Darkness - Permission To Land.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jason Donovan

    Too Many Broken Hearts

    • School Reunion The Party (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Four Seasons

    Walk Like A Man

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 6.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Steam

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Mayer Hawthorne

    The Stars Are Ours

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Whitney Houston

    It's Not Right But It's Okay

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Avril Lavigne & Chad Kroeger

    Let Me Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Little Eva

    The Loco-Motion

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1962.
    • Premier.

  • Kylie Minogue

    I Should Be So Lucky

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    If Not For You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Nina & Frederik

    Little Donkey

    • 100 Fabulous All Time Hits (Various).
    • World Record Club.

  • One Direction

    Story Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Tom Petty

    I Won't Back Down

    • Tom Petty - Anthology.
    • MCA.

  • Elvis Presley

    Way Down

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • David Lee Roth

    Just Like Paradise

    • Red Hot Metal (Various Artists).
    • Dover.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Yeah You's

    Getting Up With You

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Father Brian D鈥橝rcy a Catholic Passionist priest:

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On these dark days in the run up to Christmas it鈥檚 vital to search for a guiding light. For Christians these are called Advent days. In Advent Christians prepare for Christmas spiritually and discover that the infant Jesus will be as the scriptures tell, a guiding light for all. Part of our preparations for the advent of Christmas is to recognise in the new born babe the 鈥渓ight of the world.鈥� That takes faith and perseverance.听

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I firmly believe that perseverance is the secret to every triumph. It鈥檚 a strong person who can smile their way through trouble and who gains strength from distress.

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Centuries ago the philosopher Thomas Paine said 鈥淭is the business of little minds to shrink; the man of conscience pursues his principles until death.鈥�

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I love the story of the old violin maker who always chose the wood for his instruments from the north side of trees. He believed it was that side which was beaten and buffeted by the hardest and fiercest winter winds. When the winds blew, the bending trees groaned under the storm. Yet the violin maker didn鈥檛 feel sorry for them. 鈥淟isten,鈥� he would say, 鈥渢he trees are learning to be violins鈥�.

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When life is dark and difficult and when the winds of change break open our hearts, we become stronger through weathering the storms. What doesn鈥檛 kill you makes you stronger.

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By now I鈥檝e discovered that change 听always seems impossible until it happens. So don鈥檛 give up when darkness comes. When you are going through hell it鈥檚 best to keep going.

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A listener once wrote to me when I sounded jaded that: 鈥淣othing in the world can take the place of persistence 鈥搕alent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

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Education will not鈥� the world is full of educated misfits

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Persistence and determination are which solve 听the problems of the human race.鈥� How right she was.

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听People are like stained glass windows 鈥� we sparkle when the sun is shining, but when darkness comes, true beauty is revealed only when the light comes from within.

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