The Secret to Living a Happy, Fulfilling Life The one thing I like predominantly about hanging around winners is that they force me to continue to seek ways to improve. I remember reading about Sam Walton – the founder of the mighty WalMart chain. He would make it his habit to regularly visit his competition,…
Giving thanks can make you happier When it comes to being grateful, I am grateful for many things. Rather than preaching at you, to tell you what you should be grateful for, I am going to take the time to share just a few of the reasons I am grateful. My hope is that they…
How to Find True Happiness Everyone faces tough times at one point or another. From a job loss, to the death of a family member or an unexpected turn of events, life throws curveballs every now and then leaving you to pick up the pieces. Recovering from one of life’s notorious blows is not always…
‘What we need first, is a change of heart and a chastened mood which will permit an ever-increasing number of people to see things as they are, in the light of what they have been and what they might be.’ James Harvey Robinson Those who never stop to hop off the treadmill of life, to…
Help yourself by helping others: Can Helping Others Help You Find Meaning in Life? For in giving on a consistent basis to others you will keep the floodgates of your life open. Love will continue to flow without stoppage into your life and make your days a joy to behold. Stop giving and it won’t…
The Day The Earth Moved: A love letter to my children I could feel the earth move under my bare feet. There was nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide as I watched our granny flat begin to shake violently from side to side. The sound like a thunderclap accompanied the first warning that an…
5 Ways How to Show Love to Others: A Guide to Living a More Loving Life There are times when we all come across people who, how can I put it tactfully, rub us up the wrong way. They are abrasive. They are negative. They are obnoxious. So what do we do with them? Love…
The Three Grand Essentials Of Happiness ‘The great essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.’ Joseph Addison Everywhere around me I see people desperately searching for happiness. They seek it in relationships, and I have watched people appear happy in their relationship, whether married…
How to Have a Great Future I was recently reviewing a random selection of my journals – I currently have forty of these on my home office bookshelf that cover a period of thirty years. In these precious volumes I have recorded the intimate reflections of my thoughts, my dreams, my concerns, my plans, my…
How To Restructure Your Frustrations Into Something Positive I often receive comments from my readers with deep and meaningful questions and I endeavor to respond in a way that can assist them on their life’s journey, Here’s one question I received recently along with my response. Sir, I would also love to ask you that…
How to Inspire Yourself to Take Risks All my life I have been taking risks – and I’m still breathing. Whenever facing yet another challenge in my life – and they do come from time to time – I often look at my wife and say, ‘Well I’m not dead yet.’ The fact is that…
How to love who you are ‘Love not what you are, but what you may become.’ Miguel de Cervantes I have a simple question for you – ‘What would you do with this life that has been placed within your hands – your life?’ It’s a pretty powerful question to be posed to any human…
How to Set and Achieve Life Goals The Right Way ‘We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.’ Dwight D. Eisenhower One of the greatest contributors to an ineffective life is the lack of…
How to Live a QuietLife Because You Deserve to Prioritize Your Peace Frantic people live frantic lives. Stressed people live stressed lives, So many are driven. So many people are over-active. So many people strive. They are anxious – often eating and drinking far too much and working far too long. Now with mobile phones,…
How To Live In The Land Called Love No greater love has a man than that he should lay down his life for another. This love then that we speak of is not the love depicted so often in the movies where all roads lead to the bedroom. It is a far deeper love that…