I’ve had a good, solid kick in the guts recently. The kind that knocks the stuffing out of you.  The kind that sends you reeling and leaves your head spinning. It was the kind of kick that is so hard, that it shakes loose your entire belief system, right down to your core, rattling every […]

I’d like you to grab a piece of paper and write down your answers to a few questions I’m about to ask. It’ll be important in a minute, you’ll see. So I’ll wait…….. Okay.  Ready? What is important to you? Don’t read any further, please, until you’ve written your answer. It doesn’t have to be […]

I was chatting with a friend recently.  She was really upset because, despite her best efforts to be kind and respectful in a particular situation, she was treated pretty badly in return. I could sense her bewilderment, her confusion as she wondered why this had happened. There was a childlike innocence in the way she’d […]