We are all in this together...

We are all in The People Business; we are all working to improve the quality of life for somebody else. Sometimes it is possible to forget that our own quality of life is equally important.

The state of our life is a reflection of our state of mind. When you start to pay attention to your body signals - stress, tension, negativity and so on - you can become aware of what you are doing to yourself and notice if you are behaving or reacting in a way that's not good for you. Anger, bitterness and other negative emotions keep emotional wounds from healing and will block us from achieving what we want in life. When we live with that negativity, that is effectively what we end up giving away to other people and we find that it intensifies within us, leading to further stress and even physical illness.

What we choose to focus on and pay attention to in our lives is what will expand for us - so why not get into the habit of imagining things working out well in our lives? Pay attention and enjoy each moment - with practise we can develop the ability to enjoy even the boring and routine things, like a delay at the airport. We can also develop an ability not to judge others. After all, we don't define others by our judgements; we define ourselves as someone who needs to judge.