Looking Past Life’s Challenges

Life is often challenging, no two ways about it, but we have choices in everything we do (even when it doesn’t feel like it). We can choose to be happy or sad, angry or calm, to give or to take; we make decisions and then have to live with them. So what if we chose…

In Your Pursuit of Happiness…

Because I’m happy… Really? It’s probably the most sought out thing on the planet; some find it (often not where they thought it would be) whilst it seems to evade others. And if you fall into that last category, in your pursuit of happiness there are 3 things to do daily to experience happiness in…

Random Acts Of Kindness

Each day we are presented with opportunities to perform random acts of kindness but sometimes we get too busy with our own ‘stuff’ to see them. Fortunately last Thursday, that was not the case… Leaving home to head to my local internet cafe I decided to do the 2 miles on foot, forfeiting the luxury…

Appreciation is a beautiful thing…

I love it! The great outdoors, whether rain or sun, snow or storm, it makes me feel fortunate to be here. The wonder of nature makes me realize how beautiful and how fragile life can be. I am full of appreciation for what nature delivers. Whether it’s a long walk or a jog through the…

Gratitude: Being Thankful in the Now

What will you give thanks for today? What’s to be thankful for? You pick up the paper and read the latest disaster story, another murder, more jobs lost. You turn on TV and you get the same news in stereo. Is this what you have to be grateful for? But… And there is a ‘but’…