Following on from Gandhi’s message about being the change you want the world to be, when does one begin?! We can learn from someone who never began, almost a thousand years ago. These words are inscribed on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in Westminster Abby...
Yesterday, 30th January was the anniversary of the death of Gandhi. I was privileged to be part of an amazing candle-lit, inter-faith celebration of Gandhi’s life, in the middle of the City of London, at St Ethelburga’s Church. This was the Annual...
Many years ago, when I first got involved with Nirvana school, I gave a short ten minute speech about my recent visit to the school. The speech was after a golf tournament held to raise money for the school. There were about 50 people in the audience, and though I...
What’s the greatest gift you can give a stranger? It is probably the gift of an improved life or even the gift of life itself. I recently renewed my passport. Amazingly it was 10 years had flown by since I last renewed it – only seems like yesterday. Funny thing is I...
This morning I woke up to a spectacularly white garden and roads. Without any apparent warning, Britain woke up to overnight snowfalls, leading to the usual chaos and disruption on the roads and even the trains. Isn’t it funny how just an inch of snow brings...
Yesterday afternoon, I met up two friends, Sol and Mik, at my local coffee shop, Richoux, in St Johns Wood. As usual, the staff were very friendly to me and we were given a table upstairs even though the area was closed for the day. Like I have said before, it is all...