Table of Contents
Introduction ix
1 A Different Perspective 1
2 A Gentle Teacher 5
3 Accepting Change 9
4 Acknowledging Death 11
5 Allowing the Surprise of You 15
6 Beauty of a New Day 17
7 Being Flexible 19
8 Being Misunderstood 23
9 Birds and Bull 27
10 Choosing Happiness 31
11 Difference of a Moment 35
12 Dissolving the Ego 37
13 Doing Nothing, Doing Something 43
14 Faith 47
15 Fences 51
16 Flowing Forward 55
17 Freedom 59
18 Gratitude 63
19 Growing in Compassion 67
20 Hope 73
21 Importance of Honesty 75
22 Internet Connection 79
23 Invisible Man 83
24 Just Be Yourself 87
25 Learning Self-Love 91
26 Lessons from a Car Park 95
27 Letting It Be 101
28 Magnificence 105
29 Meditation 109
30 On the Planet 113
31 One Step at a Time 115
32 Permission Granted 119
33 Power of Choice 123
34 Rain and Gratitude 127
35 Ready, Set, Go 131
36 Reminders from Nature 135
37 Respect Starts with Ourselves 139
38 Shedding Your Skin 143
39 Signposts 147
40 Starting Again 151
41 Things to Cheer You Up 155
42 Thirty Seconds 161
43 Thoughts and Traffic 165
44 Three Sopranos 169
45 Timing 173
46 Variety and Color 177
47 What, Not How 181
48 Wishes in the Wind 183
49 Wonder of the Body 187
50 Words We Speak 191
51 Working Together 195
52 Worry No More 199
Afterword: No Regrets 203
Acknowledgments 205
About the Author 207
