Life’s daily problems often frustrate us, such that we get angry or irritated at times but it need not be this way. The reason that we feel this way is because we resist the events and things that come into our life. One way we can have peace of mind is to accept what is [...]

Dear readers,
Here’s wishing all of you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Warmest Regards,
Patrick

When we pursue our goals in life, some of us often neglect the fact that every little thing counts in life. In fact, when we are pursuing our goals, we often neglect the times that we should spend with our loved ones, the times when we should send well wishes to our friends and the times when [...]

When I went jogging today at East Coast, the weather was fine. And I have a great experience jogging along the tracks with the rows of chalets on my left and the seashore on my right. The sky looks a bit dark though, as if signifying the arrival of an upcoming storm. This is not the first [...]

In life, there is often discontentment. To improve the situation, some people chastise others while some people choose to praise others. There is a huge difference between the two approaches. To understand this, we can do a simple exercise. I will like you to look at the following questions and statements and note how you feel after [...]

In life, we are often affected by our moods and temperaments. Hence, most of us are controlled by emotions. It will be fine if we are filled with positive emotions such as happiness, excitement and contentment. However, when we are affected by negative emotions such as sadness, frustration and anger, our psychological and physical well-being [...]

Most of us are afraid to fail.
However, when we are unsuccessful at a certain endeavour, is this really failure or simply a lesson? Should every unsuccessful attempt by us to do something be considered a failure at all? Personally, I feel that the word “failure” should not even be in our vocabulary. The term “failure” should have [...]

All of us have our comfort zones in our lives.
However, whenever we think of how much freedom that we have, it seems that our freedom is limitless and there are no constraints and no comfort zone.  We feel at ease in our house, surrounded by our love ones. We are also able to meet up with friends and pursue our interests.  The [...]

When I went to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last year, I came across an amazing phenomenon that is unbelievably real. It has to do with traffic and is similar to what one sees in Bangkok where vehicles seem to appear from everywhere. However, unlike Bangkok where there are an equal number of cars and motorbikes, Ho [...]

Most of us read books and forget about the content after a while. This is normal, since we do not relate to most of the things that are described in the book. This is especially so for fictional stories, whereby our existence falls outside the world of the lead characters. The next time that you start [...]