You let out a thunderous sneeze, and your nose starts to stream. You have known this feeling many times before and you know that there is little that you can do. An allergic reaction has kicked in, and you have to get away from the stimulus making you sneeze. A decision is looming on…
I recently went on a lad’s weekend away. There was a large group of us, made up of a variety of different friendship groups, everyone knew someone but no one knew everyone. The group was split between people in their 30’s to 40’s, with the vast majority having young or teenage families. Whilst it’s not…
Very few things in life are for ever, nor are they guaranteed. Time passes by, and like a flower turning towards the sun or a tree bent double by a hurricane, you play whatever hand fate deals you at any given moment. You never quite know what is around the next corner, but experience tells…
A child walks wide-eyed into a sweet shop filled with sugary delights. There is a breathtakingly wide choice of treats, and initially, it is hard to focus attention on anything for more than a few seconds. Then, out of the blue, two realities hit them: firstly it would take a year and a good…
It is hot in the UK again this week. Us Brits aren’t so used to the sun, so you can always guarantee your fair share of pink faces on the train or in the office on the Monday morning after a particularly hot weekend. We are of course all well aware of the dangers of…
For fans of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, this would be the end of the blog, enough said. However, for the rest of us seeking meaning outside the realms of a fictional world (no matter how compelling), I think that we would all have slightly different answers. I suspect that many of the answers…
The discussions that make me think the most are those with my kids. They ask the simplest questions, but when you delve a little deeper, they are not simple at all. I was having a conversation with my son about the importance of respect, and why it takes a special person to respect the…
When I am trusted with a search mandate, I put myself under considerable pressure to do the best job possible. This pressure doesn’t relent once the initial payment has hit my account – in some ways it ratchets up a few notches. Someone trusts me to do a job for them, and I need to…
Sometimes when you find yourself in a deep and muddy hole, the best thing that you can do is calmly look up at the sky. It might be blue, it might be grey, but that simple act of looking somewhere else will remind you that your life is not all about the “here and now,”…