People Make Everything Worthwhile
What a weekend – tennis, cricket, Formula 1, and in my case, sitting in traffic trying to get into, and then back out of, Kent! But it was such a pleasure whilst we were...
Tagged: happiness
CAN YOU LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER?
Everyone wants to be happy, like it’s an end goal, a permanent state. But is it? Can you live happily ever after? Or is it the case that everything changes? The Science of Happiness...
MAKE YOUR MARK ON THE WORLD
So you want to make your mark on the world, make a difference, leave your imprint for posterity – but how? Discover a new species? Invent a never-ending battery? Illuminate the world of philosophy...
Love Laughter Parties – Especially Hen-Do’s!
Love Laughter Parties – Especially Hen-Do’s I do love laughter parties. I had been invited by the Maid of Honour to be a surprise guest at a hen party (I wasn’t just a gatecrasher!)...
Happy?
A lot of people consider themselves to be ‘works in progress’ in that they are not entirely happy with themselves right now. I would just like to say – you are great already. Really. If...
Staying in Love
You know when you fall in love with someone new and everything is exciting? You look for things you have in common and things you like about them. Their little idiosyncrasies are cute, the...
Happiness, Satisfaction and Self-Esteem
Human beings are hard wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain, so everything you do, every behaviour pattern you’ve ever acquired, is based on that underlying premise. When you think about everything you’d like...
SEEKING THAT WHICH IS LOST
When I backpacked around the world a few years ago, I found a lot of people travelling who were not just young kids on a ‘gap’ year out to have fun, but people on...
LOTTERY TICKETS & HOPE
It occurs to me what buying lottery tickets is really all about. It’s not the excitement of gambling that one might suppose. After all, the chances of actually winning are so miniscule to be...
THE ONE THING TO MAKE EVERYTHING ALRIGHT
You know how it is when you’re praying for the one thing that will make everything alright. A win on the lottery, and all my troubles will be gone. If I could only find...