I have just come off the phone after talking to a friend about a personal matter. She wanted some advice and as I listened, I realised how sometimes we complicate our lives so much.

What would our lives be like if we could just simply cut out the drama? How can we make something happen in our lives smoothly and simply so our life becomes joyous and free flowing?

To start with, simplicity is key. With a clear intention and just a little bit of prior reflection and planning, everything we do can be made easier and simpler:-

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As I continue to work on "Make It Happen" , I seem to have a lot of energy and passion for life, which probably means I am on the right track!

This morning I naturally woke up very early and it was a beautifully clear and sunny start to the day. Even the birds were in full song. It was a great way to start the day listening to bird song and I spent the early morning hours in Regents Park.

If you are on Facebook, you can even see how Regents Park looked very early this morning.

So how can you get more time in your life? Right now, whilst the weather is so sunny and warm, it just seems such a waste to to spend more time sleeping than necessary. I really do believe that we can all get by with much less sleep than we currently do.

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Another gloriously sunny day in London - perfect time to reflect on building one’s legacy.

Whilst I continue to work on Make It Happen , I have been reflecting on my core beliefs and this is what I came up with:-

1. We can all have abundant, peaceful, healthy and happy lives.

2. We are here to make the most of what we have and leave the world a better place than we found it. This includes creating financial abundance for us, living healthy lives and having loving relationships.

3. Everyone has a right to live with dignity and respect.

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In my article last week, Make It Happen , I promised to write at least twice a week and that has brought a number of emails from readers with their seal of approval. Thank you very much for that endorsement – you know who you are!

The main point of writing more frequently is of course to get my message out there and ultimately allow more people to lead the life they want and also make the world a better place.  So I clearly need to get my message out to as many people as possible over the coming months.

Over the last couple of years or so, social media has been the way forward to getting a marketing message across online. Though I have been dabbling in social media, I feel I have a long way to go and a lot to learn.

Coincidentally, about the time I wrote the last article, I heard about  Charles Bohannan who is offering a free place to “Social Media Success Summit” which is being held online this week with contributions from some of the world’s leading Social Media experts – literally a summit of great minds.

Charles himself won 2 tickets from Chris Garrett and very generously has decided to pass on his spare ticket to another blogger. Reminds me of one of my favourite movies – “Pay It Forward” – if you haven’t seen it yet, you must do so soon!

Charles is running his own competition whereby he has asked bloggers to answer three questions in the context of their blogging – he will then select the winner the entry he considers the most deserving.

So here is my entry below for Charles’s competition in less than 500 words as required. In the spirit of making my entry also of interest to my regular readers, I am using this opportunity to clarify to you my own vision for “Make It Happen” :-

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Here I am writing at dusk after a sunny spring day in London. I say sunny but we have probably had all the seasons of the year already in the last day!

The year is whizzing past as summer approaches and the news headlines are as colourful and dramatic as ever. Whilst here in the UK, the scandal of the MPs expense claims shows no sign of abating, there is hope of lasting peace breaking out in Sri Lanka.

The civil war in Sri Lanka that has been raging for 30 years seems to have come to an end but at huge human cost. Now begins the mammoth challenge of rebuilding and most importantly reconciliation. There is a window of opportunity for peace here if everyone is willing to grab it.

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It is the 1st of May, and another beautifully sunny, spring day in London

It seems only yesterday that I wrote on May Day two years about how we should look at taking on new habits.

Today on a similar theme, I am pondering on how one can change their dreams into goals.

Firstly, thank you for all the many good wishes for the London marathon last Sunday. It was an amazing experience and one of the best days of my life. Thanks also for the many people who have already sponsored me.

I walked the entire course of over 26.2 miles except for the last 20 yards, when I thought the TV and on-line cameras might be on me. But alas the cameras had long since gone and I could have walked the whole way!

It took me 7 hours and 25 minutes of non stop power walking to get me there under my projected time of 8 hours.

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This Sunday, on 26th April, I shall achieve one of my lifetime goals and finally take part in the London marathon!

Over the years I have applied through the ballot and got a space and then had to pull due to injury. One year, I got injured the day before playing mixed 5-a-side football. One bad “tackle” from a female opponent led to a sprained arm and that was the end of that year’s marathon.

Two years ago, I had a place again in the London Marathon but an injury meant I had to pull out and defer my place.

So finally, come Sunday I will be one of the 36,000 participants at the start line and my goal is simply to finish. A running injury in February curtailed my training and rather than pull out, I am going to walk the whole route. It may take me over 8 hours but I shall be there at the finish line!

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It is finally Spring time in London!

This morning it was gloriously sunny and I went for a long power walk with a friend in Primrose Hill and Regents Park in central London.

Amidst the many dog walkers (it felt like a dog invasion!), what really stood out was the vast spread of flowers freshly sprouted almost like magic. In fact it is magical how they just show up!

But do we ever pause and wonder how the flowers got there in the first place. A while ago I wrote about how I met up with one of the gardeners in Regents Park.

All such works of art take a lot of time and dedication. And this reminds me of a well known story which you might have heard before about a field of daffodils. I do not know the author nor can I vouch if it is a true story, but who cares - it makes for an inspiring tale:-

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I delivered another public talk last week and it felt great to be amongst a group of motivated people making time in their busy lives for personal development. The theme was how to improve all your relationships and make them richer and more fulfilling.

It always amazes me how such evenings take their own shape despite detailed planning – it is almost as if destiny plays a part! As usual I feel that I was the one who learnt more from the evening.

More on my talk later as it was just another highlight of a significant week.

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