It’s not just you…
Thankfully, in this day of seeming ubiquitous connectivity, to not know how a person is at any one moment in time (or so it seems, with some) is almost impossible. Indeed for some people, if we don't know how they are then we do know something is wrong (even if simply with their iPhone!) ;-)
In olden times (when I was a girl) people would need to make an effort to find out, whether with a phone call or popping in on a person (we did more of that then, but then we needed to). So if we were feeling particularly low and times were a bit tough for whatever reason - health, family, money, mood - it would not necessarily be common knowledge. Now all it takes is a quick tweet or Facebook update and our online chums know how we are...
Sometimes…
Sometimes it takes another’s demise to understand how short life is. Sometimes we just get that wake up call ourselves and realise that we spend too much of our own lives on things that neither make us or anyone else happy. Last week Steve Jobs died, and while, indeed, millions of people die every day (don’t quote me on that number) who had far less of a chance to really live the live they’d choose, it did stop me in my tracks somewhat, especially when combined with something significant in my own life; my time has come to stop. Stop everything and take a very thorough look at the results of what I do with my time. Do I share it with those I love, do I work at making this a better place in any way? Are the people I’m giving to then going...
Read MoreScience proves it’s good to be kind!
Quite likely if you’re here reading this you don’t need any boffins to tell you that kindness makes a difference. However for those who perhaps are more cynical, might it persuade you to be a tad nicer? The New Scientist posted the proof in their “Better World: Be nice to people” article: It sounds kind of obvious, and a little trite: the world would be a better place to live in if we were all a bit kinder to each other. But how can we make that happen? This is fast becoming a valid scientific question. Psychologists and neuroscientists are exploring how to increase people’s capacity for empathy and compassion, with two ongoing studies claiming that meditation not only increases compassionate feelings but also improves physical and...
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