Whenever I am away on a conference or workshop weekend I run a short meditation/relaxation session before dinner on the first night for anyone who wants to join in.  I always start these sessions by asking everyone in the group how they relax when they get the chance.  There are usually a wide variety of [...]

Last week I got some new spectacles.  My first pair were bought in 1993 and each time the prescription has changed I have reused the existing frames.  I decided these frames were a little ‘old hat’ now and it was time to change them to a more modern look. The ‘fitter’ was great.  She showed [...]

Last weekend I went to a concert in a local church, a small village called Salle in North Norfolk.  Once a year this group of singers raise money for a local charity.  There were around 80 people singing and the church was full to bursting with family and friends who had all paid £7 each [...]

When someone close to us in our lives has a crisis how far do we go to help out? When someone not so close to us has a crisis how far do we go to help out then?  And what about someone we don’t know at all, a stranger in the street? Recently on UK [...]

I have just returned from a three week break in the USA.  It was a great opportunity to meet some people I have made friends with via the internet, to talk lots about Internet Marketing, and to see a little bit of a country I have always wanted to visit.  In fact I liked it [...]

I am amazed at how we can lose things that seem to be intrinsic to our very being but then find something far more precious, far more satisfying, and giving us a feeling of being far more complete.  There is a saying that when one door closes another opens, and this is very true.  The [...]

On a daily basis we face changes in our lives.  Sometimes these changes are so small we hardly notice them.  Every now and again a major change happens.  That can be okay if you have instigated the change yourself, but there are times when that change is forced on you by someone else, or by [...]

Recently our local vicar reached the grand old age of 65.  We held a surprise retirement party for him in the local village hall. I love these events.  There is always such a variety of people there, and often people from the parish who I don’t see very often.  It’s nice to have the opportunity [...]

Today I drew the plans for our new extension on the house.  Don’t get too excited; that sounds rather more grand than the sketch I have in front of me!  The point of the exercise is not to submit these very detailed but very inaccurate drawings to the local planning office, this is an exercise [...]

This week I had a rare afternoon off.  It doesn’t happen often, I can tell you!  New carpets were fitted at one of the shops and after the fitting I took the old, dirty carpets to the local tip. Needing a shower I decided at this point to go home and take the rest of [...]