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What I made of Barbara Cartland's philosophy of Life

18/7/2016

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Hello, and welcome to my 4th in a series of blogs where I discuss my thoughts on parts of Barbara Cartland's biography - Crusader In Pink. For previous posts, check out part one, part two part three. Italics are my thoughts, all comments not in italics are from Henry Cloud’s Barbara Cartland Crusader in Pink 1979.

Her philosophy of life
As the Radio Times said in its issue for the New Year 1929, Barbara Cartland introduces a new and most attractive theory. Her idea is largely to do good to others by doing good to oneself. It is possible, by putting on a pretty dress or making up one’s face to confer a good deal more gladness in the New Year than by stopping smoking or getting up early in the morning. This doctrine should appeal to all our women listeners.

‘Part of my philosophy of live,’ she says, ‘is never to admit that you’ve been beaten or done down. The moment you do that, you’ve lost. Quite early on I learned that the best way to survive is to pretend that anything unpleasant simply hasn’t happened.’
I don’t really agree with her first assertion I’m afraid. I think doing good for others is better achieved by actually...doing good to others, rather than one’s self. However, there is definitely something useful about her second assertion. I watched Jo Brand walking the width of England for charity. She, in her own words, is an obese woman who does little exercise, and this walk was meant to test her as well as raise money for charity. The way she dealt with her problems in life was, similar to Cartland, to not think about them and simply get on with it. The thought of the walk across England was actually much worse than simply getting up each day and walking until dark and doing the same thing again until she’d finished.

What do you make of this philosophy of life?
Liam Livings xx



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Virginia Heath link
19/7/2016 09:48:28 am

She was an interesting woman to be sure, and much maligned by the press- but she wrote so many books and had so many become bestsellers, so I can't help but admire her. Also, I love the fact she grew old disgracefully and was still rocking those false eyelashes in her 80s. I want to be like that when I'm riding my mobility scooter!

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Liam Livings
19/7/2016 11:05:13 am

I agree, for the reason that she sold and wrote so many books I admire her. I loved reading about her writing process in the book. It's in the first of this series of blogs. I'm all for growing old disgracefully. I have some wonderful author friends who are doing just that - in such style - and I love them even more for it!

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