This is the final article in my series for Valentines Day. I have already discussed just what is love and also shared my tips for finding the “special one” and also how to make an existing relationship even better. Especially check out the last one about...
It is Valentine’s Day today, in case you had not noticed. What with all this media hype and commercial overkill, you must have been living in a cocoon for a few days not to have noticed that it is the time of the year where a lot of normally sane people go out...
Continuing my theme for Valentine week, I am amazed at the pressure put on people to go out and do something for Valentine’s Day. There are currently so many single people out there and I know many who feel this pressure to be with someone. Are you single? Do...
It is Valentine week, and as usual in the Western world we are bombarded with all sorts of commercial pressure to go out and spend a fortune to show the true merit of our love for someone. I am guessing that this is now also the case in the rest of the world, as the...
Over the last few days I have finally got back into the stride of things and getting on with my life once again after the sudden passing away of my father. It has been a slow but comfortable process and what I have learnt is that I could simply not have hastened this...
It has been two very surreal and eventful months. After the sudden and untimely death of my father, where do I even begin to descibe the last few weeks?! Suffice to say that it has been like being in a dark fog for weeks on end, interspersed with the occassional bit...
It is 60 years ago today since Gandhi was assassinated. What would the world be like if he was around today? Check out this video to see how he would have spread his message using the Internet! Turn up your speakers, sit back and enjoy. Gandhi may not be around but 6o...
Just over a month ago, my father suddenly passed away after a short bout of flu and a chest infection. The time since then has been rather tender and yet surreal as we come to terms with our great loss. It seems only yesterday that I wrote about Father’s Day and how...
2008 is now here and it is time to start planning for this New Year. Just what do you want from the coming year? How sure are you to achieve your New Year resolutions? Getting a fresh start with the New Year is an artificial custom – you can begin to get the...
During the last few weeks of grieving for my late father, we have received so much kindness and love from many friends and family. It truly is amazing just what compassion and kindness people are capable of showing at such times. A friend sent me the following verse...