Don’t you ever wonder why you can’t just switch your mind off? Don’t you ever wonder why you succumb to worry or stress or struggle? Don’t you ever wonder why life isn’t a cool, happy, content adventure all the time? See I used wonder all the time why I couldn’t be present and happy all
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I was in the store yesterday, and as often times happens, a rather large queue formed. The three tills were down to one, the lady on the till was new, you know the story. It had been a while since I’ve experienced this, but I could feel the people in the queue almost shaking with
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The single greatest thing you can do to create happiness in your life – and by happiness I mean for you to put the word that describes your mood when everything is just peachy. It could be content, or fulfilled, or satisfied, or at peace, or anything like that. It is your life so I
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The other day I was telling someone how old I was and then the fiancee (still love using that word – so fancy pants) told me I was wrong. That came as a considerable shock. I am not often wrong, but she proved her case with the clever (and I’m not entirely sure, honest) use
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When I was young I was a swimmer. I spent a lot of time in the pool, doing laps, working on techniques, getting fitter, stronger, better. All that mileage was just to get better at being more fish like. Perhaps, if you excuse the pun, more e-fish-ent … Some days I felt great, some days
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Sometimes I see my own mind as that drunk guy at the bar who wants to engage you in conversation. Very opinionated, a bit intense, judgemental, but underneath it all just lonely and needing someone to talk to. And talk to you he will do. “You and me, buddy, together we’ll … blah blah blah
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The film “Fight Club” was one of my favourite films for a long long time. It’s about a couple of guys who essentially are tired of self-medicating and self-sedating with shopping, possessions, alcohol, drugs. Tired of chasing the empty dreams of Western culture, they instead insist on finding their authentic way of being in order
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I’ll put my hand up and say that I am guilty of telling people to choose to be more positive. I say guilty, but I’m not sorry – your choice to see things in a more positive light changes many things, not least your enjoyment of life. I know the more you are positive the
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You know the troll that lives in your own head? Far worse than the ones on the internet. Or the ones that live under bridges. It is so easy to fall into harsh self-criticism. Don’t do it. The more you listen, the more it talks. You think it’s useful feedback, but it really isn’t. It’s
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I saw a funny guided meditation this morning, and it reminded me of something extremely valuable. It’s called, and I apologise in advance for the profanity, “F**k It” meditation. I only write about it, not because I rejoice in crassness, but it serves a valuable teaching purpose.
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