Last Sunday I made a rare visit to Ealing Road in Wembley, well known for its colourful array of Indian shops selling everything from mangoes to saris. The very same day, if flu had not intervened I was due to be at a friend’s wedding in India. So in a way my...
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...
As we are now well into January 2007, how are you doing with your resolutions and plans for the year? The key is you have to know what you wish to create. As you begin to get the life you love, just what is your vision of that life? Do you love the life you have? If...
Do you have a Can-Do attitude!? Whilst talking to a friend yesterday, she commented on how much she admired people with a “can-do” attitude. This got me to ponder on what it is that makes some people have this quality of always being positive and ready to...
It is a cliché but you just don’t know what is around the corner for you. As I write this, an uncle is in hospital in intensive care recovering from a major operation. Just before Christmas, he suddenly blacked out and a brain tumour was soon diagnosed. Luckily,...
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...
It is Martin Luther King Jr Day today in USA. Dr King based a lot of his methods of non violent resistance on the teachings of Gandhi. Here are some words from Dr King which are more relevant than ever before today:- “Through our scientific genius, we made of...
I will be achieving one of my life long ambitions and finally running in the London marathon this year. I shall be running for Well Child a children’s charity, which helps sick children get better. My target is to raise £2,000 for this worthy cause, so all...
As I write this at my London home, there is a gale force wind blowing and rain lashing down. This is supposed to be the worst spell of sustained windy weather we have had in the UK for a while. It must be bad because I woke up this morning to a puddle in the bathroom...
I have now been blogging on and off for 12 days. This started off as something I felt I just had to get going with, and the beginning of 2007 was as good a time as any to start. I procrastinated for the whole of 2006, and starting my blog became a holy grail for me....