Wise Words for You

Photo by Quinten de Graaf on Unsplash In case it wasn’t obvious from the title, I’m writing an imaginary letter to my 22-year-old self about what I wished I had done at an earlier age to build mental toughness and emotional resilience. And while I think these tips are exceptionally beneficial at a young age, I also think they’re evergreen — useful no matter what decade of your life you find yourself in. Dear Nick, Believe it or not, turns out you become a psychologist and therapist (Sorry, the NFL never called back). As someone who spends all day talking to people about their struggles, one thing you quickly learn is that eventually everybody has stressful, sometimes tragic, things happen to them: The love of their life is unfaithful. They get fired from their dream job. They start having debilitating panic attacks out of the blue. A close friend is killed tragically. Stress, challenge, pain, and tragedy are inevitable, in one form or another. But th...

Amidst the earthquakes of unexpected situations, the hurricanes of unreasonable behaviour, when fortune strikes against me, I will remain unmoved, knowing that finally all will be well.

Britons counted down the hours Friday to their country’s departure from the European Union — some joyous, some sad, many just hopeful the divorce would mark the end an anguished chapter in their country’s history. The U.K. officially departs the EU at 11 p.m. local time, midnight in Brussels. The departure comes 3½ years after the country voted by a margin of 52%-48% to walk away from the club that it had joined in 1973. Throughout the day, small bands of ardent Brexit backers gathered outside Parliament in London to celebrate. Nearby, pro-Europeans waving the bloc’s blue and yellow flag came to commiserate. Whether Brexit makes Britain a proud nation that has reclaimed its sovereignty, or a diminished presence in Europe and the world, will be debated for years to come. The now 27-member EU will have to bounce back from one of its biggest setbacks in its 62-year history to confront an ever more complicated world as its former member becomes a competitor, just across the En...

South Western Railway  (SWR) customers are now benefiting from the re-introduction of refurbished ‘Class 442’ trains. Four 10-car Class 442s have been running on the London to Portsmouth & London to Poole routes since the new year, with customers benefiting from more spacious ‘2+2 seating’ and modern facilities. The trains have refurbished interiors including quality Axminster carpets, at-seat power for mobile devices and real-time passenger information displays. Additional benefits for First Class customers include new leather seats and tables.  The environmental benefits also extend to the vehicle interiors with the installation of LED lighting. Wi-Fi is provided throughout and there are universal accessible toilets and seating facilities for disabled passengers.  The trains were re-furbished and introduced into service but had to be withdrawn again due to safety issues. Initially there were problems with the door locking system and then they were found ...

Plans for new direct rail services between Blackpool and London are on schedule this year after the Gran Central revealed it was set to starting to train drivers. Grand Central, part of the Arriva group, which is itself part of Deutsche Bahn, is planning to run five direct trains in each direction to the capital every weekday and Saturday and four on Sundays. A provisional timetable shows trains running from Blackpool via Kirkham and Wesham, Preston, Nuneaton, Milton Keynes and London Euston after the May timetable changes. It shows the first weekday trains from Blackpool North will run at 10.05am, followed by 11.49am, 3.01pm, 7pm and 8 40pm. Trains from London start with a 10.43am service, then run at 2.38pm, 3.33pm, 6.43pm and 10.37pm. On Saturdays trains start from Blackpool at 10.48am, then 12.46pm, 3.46pm, 6.47pm and 10.26pm. From London they run at 10.39am, 2.36pm, 5.32pm, 8.26pm and 10.21pm. Sunday trains from Blackpool to London run from 12.40pm, 3.59pm...

Bus services in Cornwall are set to further improve from April 2020 when a new package of supported services is introduced with improved frequencies and routes, reduced fares for passengers, better links with rail, integrated school transport services and more environmentally friendly buses.   Go-Ahead run Plymouth City Bus Services in the neighbouring county of Devon A new eight year contract has been awarded to Go Cornwall Bus, a subsidiary of national company Go-Ahead, to deliver a network of Council subsided local bus routes which are essential to local residents but are not commercially viable. There will be new services and improvements to existing routes including: Direct links to Derriford Hospital Launceston to Bodmin Town Centre and Parkway station Newquay to Redruth direct St Austell to Lostwithiel via Tywardreath Highway Truro to Bodmin via Summercourt and Indian Queens Increased number of journeys between Hartland, Bude and Marhamchurch Additional journeys...

The heart is like a flower – unless it is open it cannot release its fragrance into the world. The fragrance of the heart is made up of the qualities and virtues of our spirit. Most of us have learned how to keep our heart closed in a world that would trample all over us if we let it. Being open hearted today seems to require tremendous courage. It is a courage which comes only when we realise that no one can hurt us, no matter what they say or do. They may hurt our body, but if we have realised we are spirit, nothing outside can touch us, if we so decide. Little by little, practice opening your heart to those you think have hurt you. Realise it wasn’t them that hurt you, it was yourself. And it taught you not to trust and you closed your heart. A closed heart is in need of opening. And when you do, you will have begun to heal yourself.

As we grow in strength in our spiritual life, we give up the habit of worrying. It serves no purpose other than to make us feel tense and miserable. When I stop fretting about things that are beyond my control and focus instead on generating optimistic and kind thoughts, my life can begin to flow in ever more positive directions. Such a light and easy approach to life enables me to take everything in my stride.

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to affect, but actually, from a non-linier, non subjective point of view it is more like a big ball of wibbily wobbly timey wimey...stuff It's the year 2020 a whole new decade, a whole new year with that comes minor changes to the blog that you have supported since day one one in 2012. The key word here is TIME . What's time to do with inspiration and wisdom? I hear you ask, well truth be told that might be covered in later blogs. I write this as I only little time before the scheduled time that I want it posted it by, is that a big hint what I am getting at? No? Okay the short matter is I am now posting at a more convenient time for the time zone I am now in which Eastern Time USA, I now hear why? the simple answer is that it's more easier to work around then my home time zone when I used to be in England. The blogs will continue to be the same but just at different times. Happy New Year everyone