Archive for the 'Celebration' Category
Mother’s Day – a Time to Celebrate and Honour your Mother whilst you still can
It is mother’s day on Sunday in the USA and also many other countries around the world, thought here in the UK we normally have it in March.
A year later and how my life and my outlook have changed! Now my focus is on celebrating and honouring your mother whilst you still can.
My father suddenly passed away last December and my mother is now the pivotal figure in our lives. The last five months since our great loss have been a haze and it is only now that I am able to get moving again with my life.
Food, glorious Food for Spring Time!
Food is one of my favourite topics. And what better time than spring time to try out new recipes and new experiences?!
As I write this from my home office in London, it is a typical British spring day - beautifully rainy, blustery and cold!
Regardless of that, spring is certainly in the air and I can feel the freshness of new ideas, people and events coming into my life. How about you?
Lessons in Love and Humanity from a bunch of Baseball kids :-)
Every now and then, you come across a story that touches you deeply and your world is never the same again.
I first came across a version of this story in one of Wayne Dwyer’s books - “The Power of Intention”. It has also been doing the rounds on the internet and via chain emails. Then recently, it was sent to me by my good friend the amazing Harry Singha who runs the Youth Coaching Academy.
This story never fails to touch me no matter how many times I read and reread it again. So even if you have read this before, see how it impacts you again this time around. And if it is the first time you are reading this, then be prepared and open to be impacted at a deep level.
The ideal Food Feast for a Spring Morning!
It is a beautiful spring morning here in London and I have just had a leisurely (i.e. lazy!) breakfast.
Health and nutrition are very important to me and as much as I can I do take optimal self-care. This morning I feasted on freshly made bean sprouts.
A while ago I outlined my method for making your own bean sprouts.
Having just made the bean sprouts overnight, I am always amazed at this little miracle in my own home. It is fascinating how in just one day and night, the beans have sprouted inch long “tails”. A reminder yet again of the universal mind all around us that just makes things happen.
Get my Book - and only Pay What YOU Like!
Incredibly it is now already March. How quickly the time is going already in 2008!
As I write this, I am looking out on onto a beautifully sunny day – spring is certainly in the air.
To mark the new season of hope and fresh beginnings, I am running a special offer for my book “Get the Life you Love and Live it” - you only pay what you like, plus postage and packing.
The book usually retails for £9.99 plus postage, but you can now get it for whatever price you wish to pay plus postage, anywhere in the world. You simply pay what you feel the book is worth to you.
So why am I making this offer?
I feel I am now back in the swing of things after a few months of rest, reflection and recuperation and it is time to celebrate life with renewed vigour and energy. This is my way of giving something back to the people out there who have been so supportive of me over the last few difficult months.
Also, I really believe in the value my book offers, and I want to spread my message and work as widely as possible. My intention is that a lot of people will benefit from this book - and will also get it for their family and friends.
I feel that the pay what you like offer will encourage even more people to buy the book.
And do please help me spread the word
Feel Gratitude on Sunday mornings :-)
It is a beautiful Sunday morning here in London - crisp but gloriously sunny. It feels really quiet and peaceful outside and I can even hear the birds from my garden.
A while ago I wrote about how Sundays mornings were the best time of the week for me.
As I resume my “normal” lilfe after the loss of my father, I am filled with gratitude for this morning. Today feels like I am getting back my energy and ready to move forward with my own life and to pursue my dreams once again.
Valentines Day 4 – How to be Single and Happy!
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 how to make your relationship even better with some key lessons from lions 
Which leaves the final scenario of how to live and enjoy your life as a single person. Somehow I feel that a lot of single people may feel lacking in something when they are single.
I have known friends to jump from one relationship to another, whereas others have remained single for years. Quite often I have assured friends and coaching clients that it is indeed okay to be single!
Valentines Day 3 – How to Make your Relationship Even Better
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 and spend a fortune on flowers etc for their loved ones.
I am all for celebrating love- and everyday too and not just on 14th February. It is just the commercialisation of the day that doesn’t sit well with me. It also plays on people’s insecurities around being single and pressurises couples to go out and do something.
Valentines Day 1 – Just WHAT is Love?
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 developing world clamours to catch up with the “enlightened” ways of the West
I find it amusing to see so many people rushing around to prove their true love for that “special” person in their life.
To me, love has been commercialised to the extent that we have forgotten just what love means anymore.
Live your Best Life as per your Father’s Wishes
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 in any way. Try as I could I just could not summon up the energy I needed.
In the last two months I have experienced quite a cocktail of emotions, ranging from utter desperation, sadness, remorse and then gratitude, joy, love as memories of my father and the knowing that he was no longer around kept cropping up.
Lessons in Compassion from my Father
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 it was time to remember just what your father has done for you
What has kept us going during our time of grief has been the support and love from so many friends and family. It is amazing just what compassion and kindness people are capable of showing at such times.
Be Sure to Nurture Deeper Friendships in 2008
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 from Kahlil Gibran which perfectly sums up just what friendship means at any time in our life:-
My Key Lesson from 2007
As seems to be the custom at this time of the year to review the year just about to end, I am very clear about the biggest lesson I have learnt from 2007.
This was a year when I lost my best friend in June in tragic curcumstances in the USA, only a week after he had been with me in London.
Then in December I lost my father very suddenly after a short illness. Though it all still seems rather surreal, I am gradually coming out of the “fog”.
During 2007 I also attended two weddings of close friends and they were both wonderful events filled with a crecendon of love and happiness.
So it has been a year of contrasting emotions and a rollercoaster time. The common thread through all this time and my key lesson has been to spend more time with my loved ones - as I just don’t know when I will be going this way again.
In short I would like to urge everyone to spend quality time with the people you care for in your life.
Also, make everyday a big celebration of life - and not just at weddings!
What would your life be like in 2008 if you spent each day with lots of special moments (why not special hours?!) with your loved oned. And if each day was a special celebration of love and life?!
How amazing 2008 will be for everyone if we all lived like this in the New Year!
Happy New Year!
My Top 10 Posts from 2007
I started my blog in January 2007 after many months of procastrination. I began with a bang after a wager with my friend Kavit Haria to write 100 quality posts in January.
My blog has been quite a journey and many a time I have used this space to write about my own personal challenges and victories. I am still developing my own style and finding my way around the blogosphere.
As seems the custom on other blogs, I would like to list here my top 10 posts from 2007. Though it will be quite a task, I am looking forward to browsing through over 300 articles.
Watch this space for my personal top 10 and why
It’s a Wonderful Life!
It is a Christmas Day and what better way to spend some of the time today than to watch one of the best movies ever made.
If you can spare two hours today, then watch It’s a Wonderful Life! free online on Google video.
Reckoned by many people to be one fo the greatest movies ever made, though released in 1946, it still captures the hearts of new viewers over six decades later.
This movie is also a wonderful metaphor for your power to change your life and change the world. In the film, the main character George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) spends his entire life giving up his big dreams for the good of everyone else.
12 Tips to End this Year on a High!
End this year on a high!
Are you looking forward to the New Year or are you bogged down with unfinished tasks from this year? No matter what sort of year you have had, you still have the opportunity to end this year on a high, and start the New Year on a positive note.
You will have had a number of successes in the last twelve months and it is important to acknowledge them. At the same time, you can learn from those things that did not quite go the way you had hoped.
Here are some simple ways of ending this year powerfully:-
Make this Christmas your Best Ever.
Is Christmas a joyous time for you? Or are you stressed?
Overspending on presents, pressure from kids and other loved ones, prolonged and close proximity to difficult family members and loneliness can all build up your stress levels. Christmas can also be very demanding on your relationship as you spend a lot of time together with family and inlaws.
However, it doesn’t have to be so. Christmas is meant to be fun and joyous. This year take charge and make it work for you.
Make this Christmas the best ever for you and the family. Sit down right now for half an hour and decide for yourself what YOU can do this year to make it so. And here are my tips for making this Christmas your best ever:-
Lessons in Life & Death from my Father
Two weeks ago, my father suddenly passed away after a short bout of flu and a chest infection. The time since then has been rather surreal as we come to terms with our great loss.
What has kept us going during our time of grief has been the support and love from so many friends and family. It is amazing just what compassion and kindness people are capable of showing at such times.
Book Promotion for December - You Pay What You Like!
Incredibly it is now December! Just where has this year gone?
To celebrate the festive season, I am running a special offer for my book “Get the Life you Love and Live it” - you pay what you like, plus postage and packing.
Thanks Giving Article 4 – Serve others
The 4th and final article in my series on thanks giving is all about serving others
We all have deep within us this calling and a capacity to help others, to make a difference in some way and to make ourselves count.
I always had this urge even when as a child but the urge got submerged as I got on to the treadmill of life. But in recent years, I have got involved with Nirvana School and other charities directly and indirectly.
