It is a cliché but you just don’t know what is around the corner for you. As I write this, an uncle is in hospital in intensive care recovering from a major operation. Just before Christmas, he suddenly blacked out and a brain tumour was soon diagnosed. Luckily,...
Isn’t it funny how the moment you get clear about what you want to do and you set your intention that things begin to happen!? Over the last few days I have really focused and got clear on just what I want to do with my life and also my aims for 2007. Looking...
It is Martin Luther King Jr Day today in USA. Dr King based a lot of his methods of non violent resistance on the teachings of Gandhi. Here are some words from Dr King which are more relevant than ever before today:- “Through our scientific genius, we made of...
I will be achieving one of my life long ambitions and finally running in the London marathon this year. I shall be running for Well Child a children’s charity, which helps sick children get better. My target is to raise £2,000 for this worthy cause, so all...
As I write this at my London home, there is a gale force wind blowing and rain lashing down. This is supposed to be the worst spell of sustained windy weather we have had in the UK for a while. It must be bad because I woke up this morning to a puddle in the bathroom...
I have now been blogging on and off for 12 days. This started off as something I felt I just had to get going with, and the beginning of 2007 was as good a time as any to start. I procrastinated for the whole of 2006, and starting my blog became a holy grail for me....
How good are you at giving and receiving? Do you look to help others in any way you can? Or do you tend to look out just for yourself? One of the secrets of getting the life you love is to learn to give and also to receive. Most cultures and religions emphasise that...
When was the last time you stopped and truly smelled the roses? We tend to rush through life and forget about the things that really matter. In the summer of 2005, I spent many weeks in Regents Park, the largest and best kept royal park in central London. It was here...
My life long ambition is to meet Mr Nelson Mandela for a private audience. I would ask him just one question:- “If you were half the age you are now, what would you do to bring peace to the world?” I would listen carefully – and then promise to go...
One of the things we all continue to strive for in our lives is great inner peace. We are often told that a key thing for getting inner peace is to have completion and finish off things we have started. Well, here is one way of NOT getting inner peace in 2007 :-)....
