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”
