by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 29, Jul 2023 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Learning about te ao Māori
E huri tō aroaro ki te rā, tukuna tō ataarangi ki muri i a koe.Turn and face the sun, and let your shadow fall behind you.
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 27, Apr 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Stories from Programmes
“Never before in human history have our brains had to process as much information as they do today. We have a generation of people who I call ‘computer suckers’ because they are spending so much time in front of a computer screen or on their mobile phones. They are so...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Oct 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G. M. Trevelyan
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 25, Jul 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Learning about te ao Māori
Thank you to Purapura Whetu Trust for giving us permission to share this beautiful whakataukī (Māori proverb) Whāiate iti Kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 22, Jul 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog
“There are three ways of trying to influence the young: There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a hook without a worm. You can say ‘you must volunteer’: that is of the devil. And you can tell them, ‘You are...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Feb 2022 | All, Blog
“The mystery of human existence lies not just in staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky A Life Full of Purpose We don’t claim to know the meaning of life, but there is something intensely meaningful about...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 4, Oct 2021 | All, Blog
“The hardest step to take is the first one out the door” – Ron Clarke Anyone else struggling to feel motivated to keep active during lockdown? I am trying to remind myself that I always feel better once I’ve been outdoors, even just for a short...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 9, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
This is a powerful quote from Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know his story? Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 16, Jul 2021 | All, Blog
Do you know the story of Helen Keller? Born in Alabama, USA, in 1880, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven when she met her first teacher and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 28, Apr 2021 | All, Blog
Do you have a wild place that speaks to your soul? Paraphrased slightly from the original quote from John Muir, “Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” Photo credit: Tobias Keller (unsplash.com/@tokeller)
