International Day of Silence. Richard Rohr quote: "Silence always makes everything larger, deeper, More patient, and more compassionate."

A simple and painless cure for negative thoughts. Go outside and look at the sky.

Don't worry about how other people see you. You know how far you’ve fallen and how high you’ve climbed.

"Today is Mine." This old song by Jerry Reed says it all. What I do with what happens is my will made visible.

Is there such a thing as an accident? A psychic once told me there wasn’t. That’s worth thinking about.

Aldous Huxley: "Learn to do everything lightly . . . Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them."

The Dalai Lama said: Once a year go someplace you’ve never been before. So I climb a tree.

Curiosity and wonder. "If we can free ourselves from our robot-like habits of predictability, repetition and function, we begin to walk differently on the earth." John O'Donohue.

We learn the most when we’re falling. We learn about ourselves. We learn what love is. We’re outside our comfort zone and we’re forced to change.

A message from the sea. I’d forgotten that the sea was so salty. So fresh. So clear. So buoyant. So playful. So joyous a place to be.

Encouragement. Brighten someone's day with encouragement, in the form of praise or appreciation.

Difficult life tasks. "The tasks that have been entrusted to us are often difficult" (Rainer Maria Rilke).

Beauty dwells at the heart of life. (John O’Donohue) Everyone is beautiful in their own way. Everything is beautiful in its own way.

We are like the lotus We grow best in mud - the mud of our human experiences.

"The Hanged Man" of Tarot. Learning curves, career plateaux, breakdowns and breakthroughs. These are all common stopovers, temporary spaces where acceptance, patience, tolerance and taking deep, relaxed breaths can make a world of difference to how you feel.

The greatest secret. By living with Infinite Being, pure Awareness, we can rise to the occasion. Be commensurate with the life we have. Always have enough oil for our lamp.

Go for a leisurely walk. Adopt the patient pace of nature. Have your senses put in order. Be soothed and healed.

The best way to live is to let Life through. "A tree that is unbending is easily broken. " (Lao Tzu)

Three great questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How shall I live?

How to bless someone. Gather yourself together. Be calm. Start off the blessing by saying: May you . . . Choose your words carefully. Make each word count. Mean what you say.