CHAMPAGNE CORKS
 
The cork that was once securely
set in a champagne bottle
is now bobbing along in the sea,
not fixed any more but floating
with a new energy, a new life.
 
The cork that is no longer needed
has found a new place
and a different way of living.
It’s free now, floating with joy
on the Sea of Love.
 
The cork that we discarded
now shows us the way, and how
we too can have a different life.
It’s time for us to ‘pop’ and
set ourselves free.
 
So, think not as a cork,
but see instead the
oceans of the world,
the sky and universe above you
and the lands you will journey to.
 
It’s time to celebrate,
to be filled with wonder,
and to journey today,
for you are no longer a cork
but at the centre of everything.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. What new life can you imagine?
2. What do you need to do to set yourself free of what is holding you back?

GOING AND COMING 
 
Coming back is
always different to going,
although it is the same route.
 
For in the time between
arriving and departing,
we have changed.
 
We arrive back
to the place we started,
but not as we were.
 
No one can see any change
as they welcome us back.
But they look different to us.
 
All is seen through a new lens,
in the space, that is
between going and coming.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. What are you planning to return to?
2. Where do you need to go back to?
3. How have you changed since you were last there?

PRICE INCREASE 
 
There is a price
that must be paid
if we are to do
what we should.
 
There is a price
that must be paid
if we are to be
ourselves.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  What is the cost to you to be fully yourself?
​2.  What will you change?
3.  How will others view the new/different you?
4.  How will you know if this change is worth it?

SNOWBALL'S CHANCE 
 
Wednesday and Sunday nights
were bingo nights for my Ma
and her friends.
 
‘The snowball’s £60 for 58 balls.
So, there’s a good chance
it will go this week.’
 
Ma fastened her coat
and checked her hair
in the mirror.
 
‘I’ve got my lucky pen,’
she laughed, as she picked
up her handbag and left.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  What’s the ‘snowball of life’ that you are hoping to win?
​2.  How can you show up as your best self every time?
3.  Who is accompanying you as you play?

PURPOSE 

Your core purpose is to promote
the love that God is,
especially to those
who do not understand
that God is love.
That is all.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  How are you promoting love in all that you do, in all that you say and in all that you are?
​2.  Do you accept that God is love or do you have a different definition?

JIGSAW

Work on the bits that
you have been given.
For these are the pieces of your jigsaw.
And they make the picture of what
you are to become.

And remember every piece counts.
Every piece is as valuable
as any other.
For your picture needs
all of your pieces in their place.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. What does your complete jigsaw picture look like?
​2. What pieces do you need to work on?

THE NOTHING COURSE 
 
Our new training program
will change your life.
It will reveal the hidden depths
of who you really are,
and offer you happiness and
joy beyond your imagination.
 
There is no cost for this
program and you don’t need
a book or a download or a login.
To join, just sit in silence
and free your mind from all
of the noise in the world.
 
Just sit and empty your brain
of all the busyness that traps us.
Thoughts will rush to fill
this space but gently sit
without thinking. Just be.
For this is the nothing course.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. Just sit without thinking.

THE GREAT SADNESS 
 
The great sadness
comes upon me
when I realise that
you will no longer be here.
 
And all that we shared
will be gone forever.
And all that we are
will end.
 

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  How can we cherish and be joyful with all those we love today?
​2.  How can we continue to celebrate every moment that we have been given together?

GETTING THINGS DONE 
 
The relentless and frustrating
chase to get everything done,
eats away at our lives.
But in the end, whatever
is done, will be done.
 
So, cherish this day and
the wonders that it brings.
Grasp what will be revealed
and given to you,
for it is priceless.
 
Go with the flow, and
let all flow to and from you.
Do something every day
and all will be done,
as it is intended to be.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. What was your one key success from yesterday?
​2. What is your one key activity to do today?
3. What will be your one key to do tomorrow?

REALIGNMENT 

Realignment is a new start.
It is not more of the same.
It is not the continuation
of what we were doing

Realignment is a fresh start.
It is a complete reframing.
It is the repositioning
of who we are and what we do

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  What does your fresh start look like?
​2.  How will you reposition all that you and all that you are?

SUBCONSCIOUS
 
Each day is new.
Each morning is different.
The conversation flows
through every part
of my consciousness,
without regard for expectations
or boundaries.
For the feeling arrives
separately from the message.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  What is your subconscious saying to you today?
​2.  How do you feel about this?
3.  What is your response?

HARVESTING
 
It is because you harvest
what has been given to you.
It is because you write every day.
 
This is why you see life
in a different way,
for as it is played out before you,
you seek to capture not just a
passing moment, but a lifetime
of treasure for everyone.
 
And because you see the process,
you break the activity down
into the various learning steps,
that others can remember.
 
You then take these pieces and
you re-shape and re-format them.
 
You are presenting new perspectives,
new models and new approaches
that cannot be seen, for
they are the fulfilment
of the harvesting, re-positioning
and re-presenting process.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1.  Are you an onlooker or a harvester?
2.  How can you capture all that you learn every day?

SMILE 
 
When is your first smile
of the day?
For when we smile
everything inside is well,
and everything outside is joy.
So, let us not be miserable.
 
Smiling helps us to live longer,
by reducing stress and
boosting our immune system.
Our smile is contagious and will
instantly lift the mood of others,
Smiling creates a happier world!

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
1. Check out what happens what happens with neuropeptides, dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins when you smile.
​2. When was your first smile today?