"...When I see such magnificence, I have to believe that the order which we experience and observe in our universe is no coincidence... Irrespective of what your personal beliefs may be concerning the source of our universe, I want you to imagine for just a moment that there could be a universal source of energy which is benevolent to all life, whether in a form which we know or any other form..." Read the whole article

"So, what are YOU proud of?"

"...All moments in our lives have meaning for us.  Sometimes the meanings we place on those moments are unpleasant, whilst at other times those moments and events have wonderful meanings for us.  In my view, when we assess why it is that we are proud of particular events or achievements in our lives, it is important to look behind those events to see what they really meant for us and how they moved us forward in our lives..." Read the whole article

"The Creative Possibilities of "I don't know"

"I have a friend who, at the time of writing, has a life threatening and debilitating physical condition called Guillain-Barre Syndrome....For as long as we don't know an outcome, all sorts of possibilities arise.  This is why the future is so exciting: it is full of possibility..." Read the whole article  

"Myanmar and Xenophobia: counting the cost of separateness"

"As I write, Myanmar (Burma) is counting the cost of two disasters.  The first is a natural disaster called Cyclone Nargis.  The second is a human disaster called separateness...." Read the whole article 

"Have it your way!"

"...Even in the most dire of circumstances, when Life has thrown you a curved ball and you were too slow to move out of the way, you will still have some choice about your recovery...."  Read the whole article

"….Even when we have the tools, knowledge and means to get out of that sort of negativity, it is sometimes easier to just wallow in it than do what it takes to get out of it….The first step is to acknowledge or notice what is happening in your life.  Until you get out of denial and say: "I am committed to living my life more proactively and not to wallow in it", you are incapable of taking the next step…."  Read the whole article

Life Lessons from cycling

Life is the greatest learning opportunity we have.  There is NOTHING that happens in our lives which does not offer a learning opportunity.  If we don't learn from what happens, the lesson tends to repeat itself, only louder, bigger and more insistent that we get the lesson.

Every event in our lives is inviting us to WAKE UP to the reality of Life: not to keep on thinking that Life is the way we imagine it to be, or that we think it should be, but that Life is as it is and our opportunity is to adjust our own lives to align with the reality of Life as it is.

I can think of many events in my own life where I have ignored the wake up calls that Life has kept delivering until the wake up call turns out to be a bucket of icy water in the face and a siren in the bedroom.  Then I woke up. 

I remember some years ago when I decided to invest some savings into what I thought were solid stocks that would earn me a good a quick return.  Life kept feeding back little clues to me that the people I was dealing with were not completely professional, then the messages got louder that the treatment I was getting was different from what I had experienced with other stock brokers in the past, and so the messages kept coming, getting louder and louder each time.

One day the loudest message arrived: "You've lost a fortune to very smart fraudsters!"  That was when I finally stopped denying that something was wrong, looked back at all the messages I had ignored, where Life had been offering me an opportunity to change my course, and said: "Oh sh..., so that's what you were trying to tell me."

That was an expensive lesson (euphemistically called "school fees" by my friends!), but I finally learnt it.  That simply won't happen again.  However, if I had been more awake and receptive to what Life was offering, the experience would have been far less painful.

I wan't to suggest that you (and everyone) can learn to interpret the messages that Life sends, get the lessons far quicker and make a significant difference to the quality of your life and how you live it.  One way of learning this stuff is to sign up for my coaching: there's no better way of learning to teach something than experiencing it for yourself first hand.  I have many, many years of experience, much learning and some practical tools to help you with your own Life Lessons.

For now, I will share some very simple Life Lessons which came to me from one of the sports that I love, cycling.  Life offers lessons everywhere.  See which ones you can recognise and feel free to share them with me or join the Discussion Forum.

The following series of short lessons have been extracted from Life Lessons from Cycling (by Andrew Pike)