How to Thrive in Life

150418 palms in carnavon gorge in outback queenslandThey talk about watching your thoughts and how it helps get a better perspective on life. Let's have a closer look at what this is about. It happens when you meditate. There are lots of ways to meditate. You can go running, walking, ride a bicycle, weed the garden - or just sit silently. Sometimes it just happens. You are not your thoughts anymore. In this state you can have your best ideas - they just appear to pop up. Now, rather than simply waiting for this moment, you can support it to happen.

150414 Carnavon Gorge - plants growing in the most impossible placesEver dreamt about breaking out of your four walls? Hitting the road and disappearing into the sunset? It's possible - and we're doing just that. Experimenting with living in our little camper trailer - and working on the road too. Sometimes it's touch and go.

150411 road trainA rude awakening - at 5 am a road train comes roaring into life. Many others follow, through what I thought was a quiet side street. We're on our way to a National Park. It's one-and-a-half days drive from the coast.

150407 Swiss Easter eggsImagine sitting in a conflicted land, surrounded by war - and finding inner peace. It's possible. A reader of these emails has done just that - in Israel. 1 km from the border of Syria and 100 m to the border of Lebanon he is experiencing the most peaceful days. He writes: