Operation gratitude

Well hello! I thought I'd drop by to share this epiphany. It's funny how much of our happiness is linked to what we choose to focus on. It is true that the world is in a mess. But it is truer that there is a world of a mess in our heads sometimes, which makes our lot feel worse than it actually is. Introducing Operation gratitude I have been writing at least 5 things I am grateful for each day and noticed how it has helped. I think this is going to be part of my daily routine now....

The limitations of positive thinking

If you believe the talk, there are 2 sorts of people in life : the negative and the positive The negative say we are heading towards a catastrophy of epic proportions. We are failing on so many levels economically, environmentally, morally. The positive say that this is just nonsense. We will survive, global warming will be contained.The economy will pick up, growth will continue.Human ingenuity will prevail. We are way too clever to die. Are we ? I’m sure the Mayan civilisation didn’t think they would vanish but vanish they did. I’m sure the Arawaks didn’t think they...