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...
In one my recent posts, I wrote about letting people know just how much they mean to you. On the same theme, sometime ago, I was sent the jumbled passage below – please read through it and grasp its powerful message:- “Tell your children you love them everyday” “tell...
Are you drowning under a barrage of emails? Have you forgotten what it is like to have some fun?! Over the last few weeks, I have adopted some simple but smart ways of handling emails. Most of it is common sense, but all of us nowadays have to be come more discerning...
The greatest thing of my life in the last few years has been to be able to be of service to others. Whether this has been through my newspaper articles, books, coaching, charity work, public talks or even just by directing someone to the train station, there is a...
On the anniversary of Gandhi’s death, it is pertinent to focus on peace in the world today. A couple of year ago, I bought the domain name at PeaceInMYTime.com . There’s no website there currently, but I feel the time is right for me to launch it soon. The...
Another key to following your heart is to acknowledge all the “gifts” around you. For example, just get present to the beauty and majesty of a sunset. Or even the beauty of snow falling and lighting up the night sky. Gifts come to us in all shapes and...
A few years ago when I first started on my journey of personal growth and self development, one of the things I learnt was to become much more self expressive. I learnt to honestly express my feelings – you cannot imagine how closed I was just a few years ago. I used...
Today, 30th January, is the anniversary of the death of Gandhi. 59 years ago, he was assassinated as he made his way to evening prayers. Ironically it was a Hindu man who shot him. Gandhi is up there with all the great people who graced the 20th century. Yet it is a...
I have just finished my tax return form which needed to be filed by 31st January. Failing to do so correctly and on time would have incurred a penalty of £100 plus interest on any unpaid tax. My sheer relief and joy of having finished this much put off task was...
Cats are said to have nine lives. In some Eastern cultures, cats only have a measly seven lives. This superstition that cats have many lives probably originated since cats can survive falls from high places with few, if any injuries. It is almost as if they return to...
