Are you grateful for your life? Or do you whinge about everything?

Gratitude is all about appreciating the things you have in your life. Are you aware of all the goodness around you? The fact that you are breathing and reading these printed words is a marvel in itself. How often we take something for granted and then miss it as soon as it has gone. Many a time a loved one has left us, only for us to wish we had told them just how much they meant to us.

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Yesterday, I wrote a couple of stories about penguins. You will by now know I love anmals - after all they have so much to teach us.

Today, it is the turn of the regal Giraffe to share his wisdom with us :-).

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Talking of penguins and winter, they are amazing creatures having survived for millennia in probably the toughest environment on earth. They survive the harsh months of winter simply by huddling together in thousands.

The way this huddle works is a lesson for all of us in co-operation, contribution and support for the greater good. The penguins huddle tightly together for warmth, with each penguin taking its turn to stand on the outside of the huddle whiles others move inwards.

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It is Monday morning and for some people it is not the best day of the week. Apparently more heart attacks occur between 9 and 10 on a Monday morning. However I am sure this does not apply to you :-).

Also, we are due to have snow this week in London (yippee!).

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This picture of the three wise monkeys was drawn by children at Nirvana school.

The visual image of three monkeys advising us to “Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil” is a great one to keep in mind all the time.

The concept of three wise figures probably originated from India, and then passed on to China and Japan. These three wise monkeys are now a favourite theme for ornamental pieces, and the inherent learning for us is the ability of the disciplined mind to avoid evil.

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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 back to last year, one of the things I did was to work a lot on projects on my own. It was a deliberate period of soul searching, healing and enjoying my own space and time. The key lesson was that though I can succeed and thrive on my own, to now really progress with my projects and to make a bigger contribution, I need to work in teams with like minded people.

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One of the things we all continue to strive for in our lives is great inner peace, and we are often told that a key thing is to have completion and finish off things we have started. Well, here is one way of NOT getting inner peace in 2007 :-).

From time to time I get one of these joke emails and here’s one today from my long term university friend Shila Patel:-

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