Sometimes, you just need to inspire yourself You know what it’s like: you’re racking your brains but nothing comes. You’ve got writer’s block, the solution to a problem seems to defy you, ideas escape you, your creative juices have dried up – you have a mental block. Where do you go for inspiration? At a […]
You’re no doubt familiar with the whole ‘desert island’ concept. Some people love the idea of being alone on a desert island – others find the idea abhorrent. When were you last really ‘alone’? No person to keep you company. No technology to keep you company. No pets. No connections. That’s a pretty difficult place […]
Given the number of books, programs, websites, courses and other material that abound for the sole purpose of helping people find happiness, I figure there must be a lot of unhappy people about. It raises a lot of questions: What is happiness? Do we have a correct understanding of happiness? Is it right to look […]
Image borrowed from Lady Fi’s blog Approaching my half-century is having a sobering effect. The older I get, the more I tend to reflect and look back at what I have done and the wake I have left behind me. In a previous blog post, Look How Far You’ve Come, I reflected on the importance […]
My dad inspires me. He has the knack of making a garden come alive and look like a place you want to be in. Even as an octogenarian, he spends hours outdoors tending to nature. And that’s not just in his own garden – he’s often to be found in other people’s gardens as well. […]
You probably have one in a drawer somewhere – one of those ‘Big Mistakes’ rubbers (or erasers, if you’re reading this on the other side of the pond). Although clearly a joke item, I imagine the ‘Big Mistakes’ rubber to have been created by someone who was tapping into the common acceptance that most of […]