Google Yourself

Have you ever Googled your own name? Checked out to see how many of you are out there and what the others do? You haven't? Why not?

Names have a certain feel, energy or resonance to them. Have you ever met someone and then thought, "Mmmm, they don't look like a Tim" or "Hollie, I love that name. All gorgeous girls seem to be called Hollie". Be honest, certain names create certain feelings or perceptions? There is a lot said in a name. And it's amazingly spooky and accurate how people of the same name tend to lean towards certain interests, career and job spheres, minds sets, outlooks and general areas of interest.

So, open up your Outlook and take a look! Google your name and see what all the other xxx 's are up to, working as, winning, planning, participating in, following and plain living life as. You will get a truly fascinating handle on your own existence. Many might be in music and you love music but never had the confidence to go for it. Clue there? Or they all may be scientists or doctors or even unusual roles that uncover some of your secret abilities. They might be go-getters, life givers, life savers, risk takers or difference makers. And that night speak something to deep down inside of you.

You are who you are; all of you worldwide. There is no coincidence that you have been given the same name. Someone, somewhere was trying to tell you something. A bit of Google might find that out!!

So your name says a lot about you. Your energy, your drive, your personality, characateristics etc that people respond to in varying ways. It also may say what you could become, are on the way to becoming or failing to notice. What's in a name? Pretty much everything!

The Human Race

We truly are a human race. Take a look at how fast life is on Earth as everyone hurtles around at breakneck speed with our minds racing and our bodies pushed to their limit. More people breakdown every day than cars do!!!


Wise up and slow down. It's no coincidence that the species in the animal kingdom that live the slowest also live the longest. Think of any? Turtle! Typically lives over a hundred years. Elephant! Same there. They know when to go and when to slow. We just press accelerate until we obliterate. Take it easy because if you are a rusher and prone to be impatient you'll more than likely soon be an in-patient. Kapisch?

Learn to recharge your batteries more often, not just for two weeks on a beach once a year. Take time to take your time. Exist easy and in the words of Spock, "Live long and prosper". Life is a journey and you've got a long way to go. Best sit back and enjoy the view. That way in the human race there will be one more winner. You!

Soul Searching 10 - No.2 and No.1

The soul searching comes to an end with the 2 top learnings from life. All ten protect the spirit and keep it intact through all the days and tests of life.

No.1 - Be Yourself: The greatest truth comes in the simplest form. Many a person has lived their life someone elses way. They have followed someone else's creed or teaching. Earned their living doing what they are not instead of being what they are. Acted, thought, felt and spoke in every way but their own. Life isn't as difficult when you live it your way. And as you do so enjoy it, welcome it, embrace it, expand it and share it. Give love and give of yourself. Try not to do things to be liked but because you like things. Sing when you feel not when people would listen. Speak your own truths not grown truths. Walk your path rather than follow well trodden ones. Don't be drawn to the light, be the light in the first place!! Be yourself. That's why you are here, that's why you were born. The world needs you - the real you!

No.2 - Honour your Spirit: You are spirit, first and foremost. It lives in you and powers your physical world. A child has spirit when they are at play. A team competes with spirit and we humans do things "in the right spirit". From the spirit in a community to the spirit of our times this force remains an ever present. Yet it can diminish like a fading fire if you fail to recognise it. Your spirit is real. Work out where it shows itself in you and your life and promise to feed and protect it. Maybe your spirit speaks when you do ( like Martin Luther King ). Perhaps it's in your love for others and your work with them ( like Mother Theresa ). Or it might be truly alive in how you inspire and lead ( like Barack Obama ). Whether your spirit is present in being a parent or through your singing or sport or love of animals and nature ensure it stays with you by honouring its existence. When it comes alive, you do. When spirit fails we all do. Don't be dispirited, lift them and live them.

The Soul Searching 10 - No.4 and No.3

No.4 - Employ Gut Instinct: Choices, choices. Every single day comes a myriad of choices. From the simple like what clothes to wear to the complex like prioritising time to the significant like should you quit your job to follow a long held dream? Every question needs an answer sooner or later. The choices will keep coming so how can you find a way to get those answers more accurate in your favour? Have guts!!
How many times have you acted on a hunch and found it worked out? How often did you have a feeling you should do something or call someone and you were spot on? You had employed gut instinct. It's our connection, not to the unknown, but the all knowing. It bypasses logic, opens up inspiration and takes us beyond our problem to the way forwards. I tried it for a week once. Amazing is all I can say. I made new connections to people and success that the previous 10 years failed to bring me. It takes trust to forego the lack of proof in what your gut says to you but, hey, give it a try to day. You have nothing to lose if you are stuck. Go one, have guts!

No.3 - Realise Your Power: Who has the power in the world? Certain countries like the USA? Leaders like Gordon Brown? Star makers like Simon Cowell? Those with money like Bill Gates? True, all probably true in someway but EVERYONE has power. Better to realise yours.

We all influence others aware or not. Certain standards, phrases you use, hobbies or jobs you have are as a result of your parents subliminal effect on you. Their characteristics and values have rubbed off on you and have been integrated into who you are. Add to that other family members, friends you look up to, people you love and yes, those powerful celebrities, plus your own standpoint and beliefs and the result of this mix is you. Yet you effect others the very same way. How you live, what you represent, how hard you try or kind you are or some other element of your personality touches people out there without you knowing. Every day this happens without fail. You ARE powerful. You DO make a difference. You WILL not believe me but one day someone will tell you that it was something you never knew you did, said, acted or believed changed their life in a way they could never have dreamt. You have power; always have, always will. Use it well friends.