Do what’s in your heart. Be yourself. We often doubt ourselves and imagine that we have to change so that the world accepts us. We imagine we need to compromise on our dreams, on doing what makes our hearts sing, in order to succeed. But instead of you bending to meet the world, be yourself, […]
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It’s funny how things work out sometimes
Have you ever wondered if things happen for a reason? A very unusual thing happened in my life a few years ago. I still chuckle to myself when I think about it today. 🙂 Between 2001 and the end of 2002, I had been director of a charity (Spirit Aid Foundation) that a few friends […]
A Cluster of Synchronicities
You probably know by now that I have a fascination for how stuff works, and this has come through in my books and blogs. Well, let me share with you a wee cluster of 4 amazing synchronicities that have recently occurred in my life or that of my close family or friends. 1) Connection on […]
A Formula For How Destiny and Free Will Work Together
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably wondered whether things are meant to be – are you destined to be with that special person, or to have that job, or that friend, that dog, or that really difficult time in your life? Or do we create it all as we go along? If you’re like […]
A lucky escape – premonition, guidance, or both?
I often wonder about the timing of events. Just the other day Elizabeth and I were walking our dog Oscar (now ten and a half months old, if you’ve been following his progress 🙂 ) towards the park in the morning. We were walking along a street when a pane of glass fell out of […]
The Invisible Landscape
Go for a stroll along a path in the park and it will guide you around the landscape – around water, trees, and flower gardens. Your route is set by the outline the path takes as it meanders through the park. We walk along invisible paths too; we just don’t know they’re there. Instead of […]
Do cosmic cycles drive some biological processes?
Have you ever heard of the word, ‘Chronobiology?’ It is basically the science that describes how biological processes adapt to solar and lunar cycles. It’s why you sleep and wake and even why you get jet lag. It even covers photosynthesis and why some animals hibernate. As the earth spins, the sun moves across the […]
Is Your Life Mapped Out?
It’s a really big question. Is life governed by fate or do we make it up as we go along? The overall subject I explored in this book is one that has profoundly shaped my life and molded how I think about things. I do believe that some events in life are meant to be. […]