The Life Force Within
There’s a tree located on the nature-strip next door to my house. It’s in a row of three. This tree was growing up next to its siblings happily for a few years and then some really big winds came through…
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Here’s a gift for you
Imagine I handed you $525,000 and gave you one year in which to spend it. Would you go on a big spending spree, buying up anything and everything that happened to catch your eye? Or would you sit down and…
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Design your day
After a busy and high-intensity week, I decided I needed a day to myself doing nothing. And I did just that on Saturday. I didn’t do anything! I didn’t even leave the house. I lazed around on the couch and…
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Becoming your potential
I had a picnic in a cemetery earlier this week. Now, for some of you that sounds like a perfectly normal event. For others – well, you are probably wondering if I’ve lost the plot. You see, I come from…
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Everyone has an opinion
It is election campaigning time here in Australia at the moment and everyone I speak to already seems to have an opinion on which party they want to vote for. But even if they haven’t made up their minds yet,…
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Birdsongs at 4 am
I believe that appreciation and gratitude are the foundation for happiness and it’s the appreciation of what we often think of as ‘the little things’ that can really impact how we feel about life. When I was traveling through China…
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Distance is you friend
When travelling to China a couple of weeks ago, I was part of quite a large tour group. Just like in everyday life, most people were really nice and very friendly. Most people on the trip didn’t have any set…
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Using language to connect
I was travelling through China recently and became very conscious of the need to use the right language – in this case, Mandarin – to connect with the local people, to be understood and to get what I want. The…
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Bad weather? Still a good day!
Have you ever really looked forward to going on a vacation only to find that when you got to your destination that it was cold and raining? Did you feel that those weather conditions somehow ruined your holiday? If you…
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You Can’t or You Won’t?
Let’s get honest here. There are things you won’t do. There are things that I won’t do. But, how often do we disguise our “I won’t” by “I can’t”? What do I mean? Well, it can be anything. Years ago,…
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