Focus for Change 2015

THE LAY OF THE LAND Merely a reconnaissance mission and not a battle. How is this all looking? The first 3 days have really been a...

PLEDGE FOR THE NEW YEAR I've made it! I have reached my goal of writing a blog post every day for 365 consecutive days. It's bee...

FOCUS FOR CHANGE 2015 INTO 2016 This is the final day of a great year in which I have learned so much about myself. By keeping a daily ...

DRUNKEN FOOLS The tradition of 'letting our hair down' or cutting loose and having a great time is an old one. The Feast of Fool...

VISUALISATION Stay true to your beliefs - visualise where you want to be and never give up on yourself . Many people reach a lull at...

CREATIVE ILLUMINATION Walking to a local pub yesterday, we stumbled upon a really cool open mic music event.  This local pub ...

COMMUNITY BONDING The spirit of Christmas should be experienced by all no matter what the faith. Even a staunch atheist can appreci...

LUCKY DIP There doesn't need to be high expense when buying Christmas gifts. The best presents to give and receive  at Christ...

FESTIVE CHEER Christmas is a time full of fun and merriment and with such an opportunity to lounge around eating rich food, it can be a...

CELEBRATING FAMILY TIME Christmas always seemed to come around too quickly, at least that's what I thought since my mid-late 20s....

LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE Determination can be a good thing. It can help us prevail against the odds to reach a goal. It can also motiva...

LOSING THE FIGHT TO WIN THE BATTLE Too much battling against the world makes us hardened, unfeeling emotionally and unable to appreciat...

TESTAMENT TO THE TRUTH Where has writing a daily blog in 2015 got me? I can't say I've accrued any additional wealth on a finan...

THE ILLUSION For most of us, the basic constructs of life are to; get a job, work hard, find a partner, have offspring and stay healt...

MARCHES NÖEL SORT TRÉS BON! Christmas markets are where the spirt of the season's festivities come to life. The UK hasn't reall...

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE There's times when speaking our minds will be the right thing to do. It's knowing when it's right ...

GOOD Vs EVIL We all have a choice to do the right or wrong thing. And in every situation, there is always a right way to make something...

DIVINE INTERVENTION Over the last 12 months, I've been at a crossroads in my life where recently, some of the most difficult stress...

AN INSPIRATION Many things have come together over time to inspire me on this path. There have been dear friends like Dean who have be...

ALL OR NOTHING A year ago today, I'd just returned from an all inclusive holiday to Lanzarote. Life had become particularly stressf...

OR DO AS I SAY People like to go their own way. They may seem to be taking valuable advice, but still not heed it. They don...

THE CHOSEN FEW Catching the finals of the X Factor this weekend, I was surprised to see just how good some of it's contestants ha...

RIP - YOU'LL BE MISSED We had it good for a while. The freedoms of the internet to connect, share, break down walls and be free fro...

DOING WHAT WE LOVE We only have a short time on this planet. There's no avoiding that fact. There's no guarantee that we'll...

DEAD CALM The dead of night comes in that quiet time, at around 1-3am. When most are deep in sleep, the conscious and subconscious mind...

THE SPOONS The community centre . A place for all walks of life to gather for group activities, social support and public information....

THE ELITE Training to be in the special forces - it requires so much more than purely physical strength. It takes more than courage. ...

HOLDING OUT TO THE END It takes nerves of steel, but those that take the considered gamble and stay in control of their emotions, can...

THE STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS ONE The ego  is an identity of our own construction which states our beliefs and abilities. And just as a s...