Deeds not words

On the flight to India I took the time to watch the film “The Iron Lady” all about Margaret Thatcher. It was enjoyable enough, although not a patch on “Les Intouchables” that I saw recently. That said, there were some choice lines and ideas in there which I absolutely want Sandie to see once see has read the following background article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher. One of my favourite lines was when she was remonstrating with her doctor that people in the 1980s were too focused on how one feels and not enough on thoughts and ideas. I paraphrase, but basically she said “ideas become words, words become actions, actions become habits, habits become destinies, why do people not talk more about ideas”. Another idea which I liked, and which I am about to oversimplify massively, was when she said that we strive as people to ensure that our children have better futures than we did – I was reminded of this when I spoke to one of the other wedding guests who lives in Bangkok who told me that for the last 12 years he has been paying $35,000 a year for his daughter’s education in an international school…