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It's 3:40am and I'm lying awake pondering life... yet again.

I know I haven't been writing a lot lately but I decided that I would only share what is worth sharing.

I played The Two Towers (Part 2 of The Lord of The Rings), hoping it would send me off to sleep, instead it sent me off on a search for late night clarity...

Interestingly it kinda started like this... I thought to myself: "doesn't that guy Faramir look like Dilios, the Spartan narrator in 300?"

Well. Yes, because both roles were played by the actor David Wenham.

I have been struggling to lose weight and to complete the writing for my 360 feature on China's environmental challenges and I have just realized it's because in my heart, I'm not really a news anchor... I have found I am not just interested in the dots anymore, but I'm trying to figure out the picture by joining the dots.

I guess I just do not see the point in putting another "dot" of news on air. What I really wanted to do with this piece is to share what I have spent two years trying to figure out with the world and I want this small piece of TV to make a difference to whoever might be watching. But alas, paralyzed in the day-to-day reality of news TV, I am just behind schedule- way behind schedule.

So, what's this got to do with losing weight, living life and loving your time? Well, basically I was just surfing and my wikipedia searches led me from Dune to Frank Herbert (an early and influential environmentalist by the way) to Brian Herbert to Faramir to 300 to Lord of the Rings to David Wenham to Peter Jackson and then to some sites commenting on his weight loss.

Here is Peter Jackson before and after he got fed up of being overweight.

So that was the sudden inspiration for this post, Peter Jackson losing about as much weight as I probably need to. Apparently, he just got sick of being heavy and replaced the burgers with yoghurt and muesli.

Thanks for bearing with me, this is what I wanted to share:-

1   Losing weight is not just about cutting the calories out of your diet, it is about having a PASSION burning inside you which keeps you busy, active, motivated and happy. Overeating is often a sign you are not living with a burning passion for what you are doing.

2   You are only really yourself when you are following your PASSION. When you realize what your PASSION truly is, trust yourself and believe in yourself 100%. Do you have a dream? Do you really believe in your own, unique dream? Will you give it your all regardless of what anyone else thinks?

3   If you are spending every day chasing your dream and making it happen bit by bit each and every day, you are already successful. You are working hard, learning and have no time to stuff yourself with fatty comfort food and watching nonsense on TV.

4   Life is short, trust me on that. Don't waste time with things that make you sad and drain your energy- your energy is your most important resource. Be the person you really are and when you find the person you love, that person will love you. In the meantime, be the person your grandparents and children would be proud of.