Why wouldn't you?.....

All we want is....

...to be in the right place, for the right reasons, at the right time, getting the right results. Why then, do we so often feel as if it is all completely wrong? Because we are trying too hard to get it right?

Our moods are much more powerful than we realise. They can affect us so badly as to totally transform our understanding of a situation. We invariably imagine some external factor lies behind a sense of unhappiness or frustration. One small shift of viewpoint, though, can alter everything.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.    

(Mahatma Gandhi)

If only we would.....

Our best is.....

.....all we can ever do.  And how do we do that? Well, we certainly don't achieve it by worrying about whether we could be doing better. When we try too hard, we spoil things. We create unnecessary complications. We reopen wounds that are best left alone and given time to heal. When you want to solve a particular problem to the highest possible standard, you still need to remember where to show respect and draw the line.

Always remember the do as you would be done by ethos.  A few minutes of careful thought are worth hours of aimless effort.

You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. 

Because most of life's lessons are learned in pain.

Why are tourist venues....

...full of gift shops? Why do airports, stations and motorway services sell so many novelties that are ideal for passing to friends and loved ones? Because business people know that when people are far from home they think more fondly of the companions they have left behind, and generally feel more generously disposed. Absence makes the heart grow fonder... and all that.

But always, the greatest present is a presence - at least it is for those who aren't more than a little shallow. Many times, others need time and attention, not your money.

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway. (Henry Boye)

What's the difference.....

.....between love and hate? Both are illogical and unreasonable. Both involve close connections and deep emotions. But, unlike other opposites (such as day and night or sunshine and rain), we cannot say that there's a redeeming feature to the opposite side of the coin - or that, sooner or later, it will automatically flip over.

Wherever there is something or someone you despise, find something to like about it. A situation will only change once you change something in the way you see it.

Real progress never comes from getting the better of anyone, 

but from getting the best out of them.

The future we all face....