Time to Stop and Stare
Why do we find it so difficult to just simply STOP? To take the time to appreciate, and enjoy our everyday surroundings, and the beauty that is around us. The majority of our life’s are spent caught up & tangled in our thoughts, living out our lives in our heads. I include myself in this. This poem expresses perfectly how …
Read MoreThe Butterfly Journey Begins
A few weeks ago I awoke with the word “HAYES” reverberating though my head. It was LOUD & CLEAR as a whistle, filling all the space of my conscious mind. HAYES? I had a feeling the word HAYES was a publishing house. Looking on-line I found a publishing house called Hayes, but it certainly did not seem to fit the …
Read MoreWhat are your values? Find Out
VALUES AND PRIORITIES EXERCISE Start with your values – what are the things that really matter to you? Use the exercise below to help clarify your core values. Finish these sentences. I am happiest when… Who were you with? What were you doing? What other factors contributed towards your happiness? If I won the lottery/inherited a large lump …
Read MoreHopes, Dreams & Plans for 2013
Having wrote a list of some of my achievements last year, then reading about Alice Pyne and her Bucket List I am inspired to create my own Bucket List for the coming year, and future. However I do have to be mindful that I don’t overwhelm myself with 101 goals and projects. Less is more sometimes. So here goes 2013 …
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New Year ~ New Beginnings
NEW YEAR ~ NEW BEGINNINGS Here we are, already nearly half-way through the first month of the year. January 2013. I didn’t make any New Years Resolutions, but I do have hopes & dreams. Like all wonderful dreams, you can’t rely on wishful thinking, your own magic genie or fanciful ideas and talk to make them happen. This year I …
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Why you should try a Laughter clubs
Laughter Clubs originated in India, but are now beginning to pop up everywhere, across the UK. So what exactly is a Laughter Club? A usual laughter session will last one hour, and you may be relieved to here that you are not be expected to laugh for the whole hour! The first part of the session includes very silly, but …
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Need Inspiring? Watch this video
This guy knows how to hold and captivate an audience, it’s clear that Sean Stephenson is one inspirational guy. He has certainly not let his disability hold him back in life. Awesome and amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx1CkTXaIDY&feature=player_detailpage
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A list of some of the Happiest people in 2012
This Sunday, The Independent on Sunday publishes its fifth annual Happy List, naming 100 outstanding people whose volunteering, caring, fund-raising, mentoring, charity founding, or selflessness makes Britain a more contented, better-adjusted, supportive, and happier place. The Happy List began five years ago as an antidote to all those rich lists, which genuflect before the super-wealthy, the sharp-elbowed, inheritors of millions and …
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The Pursuit of Happiness
The pursuit of happiness How do people “bounce back” after a period of adversity in their lives? It’s a question hundreds of women in community centres across London have been grappling with in recent months. In all, 320 women in 20 boroughs volunteered to take part in a series of eight workshops with the alluring title of “DIY Happiness”. The …
Read MoreHow to get Focused
This morning I found myself (once again!) losing focus, feeling a bit overwhelmed & not knowing where to start. This can easily happen to the best of us! One way to combat this is to stop thinking soooooo BIG! We get overwhelmed by the enormity of a task or project. For instance if you want to write a novel, how over-facing …
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