GIVE - Being Kinder to Myself

One of the Five Ways to Wellbeing is GIVE. This is the notion that we can have a positive effect by changing how we behave to each other - being kinder, more generous, more understanding, more empathic.

I also think that this applies to how we think of ourselves. For instance, today I had a difficult day, where a project I had helped initiate had a very disappointing launch. Although I am prepared to take due responsibility for this, I have made a conscious decision to be kind and generous to myself - to cut myself some slack. I have had a think about what went wrong, and why, and now I'm ready to focus my energies on the only thing I can have some influence over - namely, the future, which is still there to be made.

Colin

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The sense of Wellbeing

We human beings are curious creatures. We are, I think, hugely insignificant in the context of the vastness of, say, the cosmos and the span of eternity; and yet we are still amazing and, on occasions, magnificent. Sometimes you meet a person who has a positive sense of their own power, and you revel in the glow of their energy and positive expectation. I think that everyone has huge reserves of untapped potential, only in 'advanced' Western societies we don't tend to nurture this. I would like to play a part in seeing people grow beyond any limiting 'mind forged manacles'; I'd like to see folk flourish!

I would like to find my own power, and, furthermore, during this journey - my life - I would like to help make the world a better place. That is one of the reasons why I am so inspired by the Five Ways to Wellbeing movement (because, trust me, things are moving). It appeals because it is practical, positive and preventative. The tools are in our hands to use, and straight away we can make a difference.

Colin

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