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September 18, 200816 yr

fashion week?

fashion show?

you're kidding, right?

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September 18, 200816 yr

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OK, OK, I would date him - he has too good body to say "no, thanks" . But he is too sweet right now.

Oh, you want him to be a little bad ass :laugh: :laugh: I doubt you'll get that from him but we'll see. And yes no woman or man could say NO to that body

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September 18, 200816 yr

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fashion week?
fashion show?

you're kidding, right?

NO :rofl: :rofl: they are attending fashion shows

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September 18, 200816 yr

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Another day another show

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September 19, 200816 yr

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Jonny Wilkinson: 'I've become a Buddhist after reading quantum physics books'

England rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson has revealed that he has found inner peace by converting to Buddhism.

The 29-year-old famous for securing victory in the 2003 World Cup said the mystical religion had helped him overcome a fear of failure that was ruining his life.

Wilkinson, famous for clasping his hands as if in prayer before each kick, said his obsessive perfectionism had been making him miserable.

Buddhism has liberated the star from being motivated by 'money, status, or ego' - and helped him grow his hair.

Wilkinson, is about to publish an autobiography, although he confesses he cut out writing about Buddhism and quantum physics, another obsession, as people 'might have thought I was trying to be the new Stephen Hawking.'

The sportsman said that within 24 hours of winning the World Cup, he said he felt a powerful feeling of anti-climax, such was his quest for perfection.

In an interview he said: 'I did not know what it really meant to be happy. I was afflicted by a powerful fear of failure and did not know how to free myself from it.

'I would be watching a movie with friends and everyone else would be absorbed in the plot but I would be looking at the frame of the television, my mind on what had gone wrong in the last practice session or what I would be working on in the next.

'Someone would see my eyes wandering and ask if things were alright and I would say "yes". But they weren't'.

Soon after the victory his career was derailed by injuries that put him out of the international game for four years.

To distract himself he tried learning the guitar, the piano and French and Spanish, to no avail.

In the end he had a 'Eureka' moment while reading a book on Quantum Physics - the esoteric study of sub-atomic particles.

'Quantum physics helped me to realise that I was creating this destructive reality and that all I needed to do to change it was to change the way I chose to perceive the world.

'I do not like religious labels, but there is a connection between quantum physics and Buddhism, which I was also getting into.

'Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure. The so-called Middle Way is also about having the right intentions.

'Are they decent and honest and are you giving consideration to other people. Selfishness can never be the route to happiness or success.'

He added: 'The new hairstyle representing the new me, but don't assume I have gone back to my old ways if I decide to cut it.'

Wilkinson's girlfriend Shelley Jenkins, 27, the daughter of a scaffolding magnate, with whom he has lived with for the past three years, is apparently 'really happy' about Wilkinson's new enlightenment.

'I have improved as a person in my relationships, not just with her, but with friends and family.'

Asked to explain the deeper reason for his Buddhist faith, the told the Times: 'I think it was rooted in an even deeper fear of death. I couldn't figure out how to avoid death: it was like a game I could not win.

'The closer I got to family and friends and the better things got, the more I had to lose.

But my faith has given me a handle on it, based around the ideas of rebirth and karma. It has also given me the ability to understand that rugby, like life will also come to an end.

'I have accepted my career will finish one day and I am in a place that will enable me to make that transition comfortably. I will not have to reinvent myself to cope with life after rugby.'

:flower: Gosh, I love Jonny his so cool and smartt, he doesn't sound it when he talks but he is. I think some people think his a bit crazy but not me! I love people who put no limits on what they can be or do and are always willing to try to be better people.