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Stretching the Nation

Carole Baker stretches the nation with her top tips on office yoga...

Young William from Lancashire tells us about his very first guitar lesson...

And our top tenuous gets a little hairy with your desperate claims to well-known beards...

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 9 Jan 2014 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bebe Black

    I'll Wait

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • David Bowie

    I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Rosemary Clooney

    Mambo Italiano

    • Rediscover The 50's - Sugartime.
    • Old Gold.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Easy

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

  • Def Leppard

    Pour Some Sugar On Me

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Keane

    Won't Be Broken

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

  • Led Zeppelin

    D'Yer Mak'er

    • Mothership.
    • Atlantic.

  • Kylie Minogue

    2 Hearts

  • OneRepublic

    If I Lose Myself

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 001.

  • Katy Perry

    California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • P!nk

    Just Give Me A Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)

    • The Truth About Love.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • The Police

    Can't Stand Losing You

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • Pretenders

    Don't Get Me Wrong

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

  • Simply Red

    Stars

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • Snap!

    The Power

    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.

  • Snow Patrol

    Spitting Games

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Lisa Stansfield

    All Around The World

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • The Style Council

    My Ever Changing Moods

    • The Style Council - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Supergrass

    Moving

    • Q The Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Johnny Tillotson

    Poetry In Motion

    • 60's Number Ones Vol 1.
    • Old Gold.

  • Whitesnake

    Here I Go Again (Remix)

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

  • Robbie Williams

    Dream A Little Dream (feat. Lily Allen)

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

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of Emel, the Muslim lifestyle magazine:

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How to change a life? It is a question that has consumed much of my thinking in recent months. In the New Year it is a question many of us ask quite broadly, and the change we think about is perhaps a new job, a healthier lifestyle, more productive achievements, a more go-getting attitude, better relationships.

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Sometimes however, transformation is more desperately needed鈥攅specially for those whose actions are damaging to themselves or to others. But change is not so easy. Even though, with the ticking of the clock, change is constant around us; it still eludes us all too often. We may want to transform ourselves. But how? How do you change a life?

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The Qur鈥檃n tells us that 鈥淕od will not change the situation of a people until they change what is within their hearts.鈥�

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The heart鈥攖hat organ which as Sharon pointed out yesterday, sends our blood on a 60,000 mile journey everyday, has inspired literature, music, films, and poetry, that all tell us of its power. It is more than a mechanical pump. The heart is the instrument for change. The heart is the source of desire and yearning鈥攕o by aligning that desire towards that which is positive and productive we can change.

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The heart is the source of hope and also of despair鈥攕o we have to recognise the fight between the two and allow hope to win. The heart is the source of fear and of courage. We fear the future that change may bring us, but the heart gives us fortitude, and the strength to persevere.

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The heart can love and hate. We must love ourselves or love others enough to end damaging behaviours, or hate the damaging behaviours sufficiently to go through the pain and turmoil of change. The heart is the repository of peace, and so to have peace in our lives we must nourish it with tenderness and compassion.

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The heart 鈥� in Islam, in the end, it is about purifying the heart for, as the Prophet reminds, 鈥淕od will not look at your bodies or your adornments, but at your heart.鈥�

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