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Many, many, years ago I remember being stuck in an internal struggle. Eight months prior to this dilemma, I had been given what I considered to be the opportunity of a lifetime; my dream job. The director of a hugely successful company offered me a place in her award-winning team. It was an amazing eight months in which I found myself contributing as a team member to some amazing, innovative projects that were incredibly exciting.

Having recently said goodbye and good luck to our third child, my wife and I were enjoying an unhurried and quietly peaceful life. I had converted one of the bedrooms to an office and had been engaging in my online work life without a worry in the world. This was not the case for my wife it seems, as I was soon to find out. I hadn’t seen her for several hours and the silence

Purpose of LifeI was roused from my daydreaming by a sudden and very loud thump on the wall outside of my home office. This first thump was followed quickly by another and then another, it wasn’t going to stop. I rushed outside to see what was trying to break through from the outside. What I saw was not what I had expected. There was no wrecking team with sledgehammers trying to renovate my house; it

Recently I went out to the local hotel to catch up with some friends whom I hadn’t seen in a long while. There were 12 of us and we had to push several tables together so we could sit as a group. As you can imagine, we had lots to talk about after such a long time apart. Our group was the first to arrive and we had the place to ourselves for about 30

Many years ago, my youngest daughter, then aged 8, came home from school with a deep scowl on her face.  She made a dramatic entrance through the front door, slamming her bag down on the floor, stomping her feet as she walked towards her room. I followed a few moments later, stopping along the way to pick up a balloon from the craft box. She was sitting on her bed, looking miserable, resting her chin