During a recent short break on the Isle of Wight we visited a couple of areas that had really old and pretty looking cottages.\u00a0Because lots of people come and look at these old cottages, gift shops and tea rooms have opened, in fact these now outnumber the pretty cottages and people now visit for the shops and a cream tea.<\/p>\n
While looking in some of the gift shops I noticed a number of plaques with witty sayings and words of wisdom on them such as \u201cKeep calm and buy this mug<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0Not surprising was that a lot of these witty sayings were based on stereotypes and were either negative towards men in general or \u2018her indoors\u2019.<\/p>\n One plaque however, did stand out as being genuinely inspirational and prompted me to look up the original message.<\/p>\n \u201cWalk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it…<\/em>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n