9/11 Remembered: 11 Articles to Sow Peace and Healing
How has your life changed since 9/11? More importantly, what have you done to bring more peace and healing to the world since that day? As you look around today, the world is not a safer or more peaceful place than it was 9 years ago. We find ourselves embroiled in a...
Why it’s Time to Dump that Young Lady from Your Back!
This is a guest post from Stephen Farah I am delighted and truly honoured to be hosting Stephen's first ever guest post. I once heard a line in the movie A House of Games (1987) which I have never forgotten: "When you have done something unforgivable, I will tell you...
Become Human Again – Just Take a Short Bus Journey!
I have just travelled on a London red bus for 30 mins or so. Nothing unusual or strange about that at all. Except that in less than 30 mins, I saw and experienced a kaleidoscope of humanity in all its guises, forms and challenges. As is my norm and my favourite hobby,...
Why You Are So Insignificant You Might As Well be Dead!
Have you ever wondered just how significant your life is in the great scheme of things? And how would the world be any different if you were not in it? Our entire life is based on our sense of who we are and the identity vested in us by society and more importantly by...
Mother Teresa – 6 Key Life Lessons from a 100 Year Old Woman
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa. She would have been 100 years old today had she not passed away in September 1997. A while ago I wrote about the 6 key lessons in life from a 140 year old man. Just like Mahatma Gandhi, though Mother Teresa...
Why Trust in the World Begins with You & Not A Guide Dog
Do you trust the world and the people around you? Or do you feel that the world is a hostile place and you just can’t trust anything or anyone? I meet some people in the course of my life and my work who seem to be completely closed off to the world and what it...
Why Bringing People Together Is Just A Picnic
Are you a party animal or do you prefer to be somewhere quiet on your own? And do you like bringing people together or do you leave it to others? On this Sunday, 22nd Aug, I am once again holding my annual picnic for friends and their friends. This will be the 9th...
Muslims Love Their Children Too – Just Like Me and You
Have you ever had your home and all your worldly possessions swept away by a giant wall of water? If you are able to read this right now, then probably not. But for a quirk of fate, this is exactly what could have happened to you. And this is just what’s happened to...
Help Yourself Before Helping the World
Do you want to help the world and make a difference? Or do you want to help yourself first? Wanting to help the world and make it a better place is a noble cause of course. I have a lot of respect for all people who sincerely want to do this. At the same time, I...
Friday the 13th – How Never to be Unlucky Again
Do you go through life feeling unlucky? Are you superstitious about Friday the 13th? Friday the 13th, is here yet again and for some people it comes around all too quickly. There is even a name for the fear of Friday the 13th - paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived...