A young family was seated at the table next to me in a coffee shop. The mother cradled an infant in her arms. Peacefully asleep, the infant would sporadically burst into smiles just as a spring landscape bursts into flowers. The effect of the infant on the crowd waiting to be served was magical. Ice
The First Thief of Happiness: Reacting Emotionally instead of Responding Rationally You wouldn’t fire a gun without aiming, would you? So, why would we act without thinking? When we live as robots acting on impulse instead of rationally, there is a heavy price to pay. Replacing thoughtful behaviour with thoughtless acts leads to mental and
Good enough never is (Debbi Field) According to one study, a meager 25% of workers believe they are performing at full potential. One half admit they do no more than necessary to get by, and 60% confess they do less now than they did in the past. Three quarters of those surveyed admitted they were
Where do you choose to live? Deciding to live in the city or suburbs isn’t nearly as important as choosing to live in the past, present, or future. Whether it’s the city or suburbs, life goes on. But can the same be said of the past? Or the future? The past no longer exists and
Most of us know what we wish to be and do. Yet, we are occasionally tugged away from our path by temptation. It comes to us in many forms. We may be enticed to gossip instead of working, watch TV instead of cleaning the house, or hang out in the pub with friends, instead of
My wife and I often take a 15 minute walk from our house to a coffee shop. We enjoy the walk along a beautiful tree-lined road and smile at those we pass along the way. Just a few days before writing this article, we were stopped on our way home by a Filipino gentleman named
