Who Can I Help?

By |2023-06-16T22:42:46+01:00December 28, 2012|Inspirational Stories|

A mother, wishing to encourage her son's progress at the piano, bought tickets to a performance by the great Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski. When the evening arrived, they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and eyed the majestic Steinway waiting on the stage. Soon the mother found a friend to talk to, and the boy slipped [...]

Always Try

By |2023-06-16T22:42:47+01:00December 28, 2012|Inspirational Stories|

"I must at least try" In June 1985, two British mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made the first-ever climb of the West Face of the 21,000 foot snow-covered Siula Grande mountain in Peru. It was an exceptionally tough assault - but nothing compared to what was to come. Early in the descent, Simpson fell and smashed his right knee. [...]

Humanity

By |2023-06-16T22:42:47+01:00December 28, 2012|Inspirational Stories|

At a fundraising dinner for an American school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my [...]

Client insight, ‘Who Am I’

By |2023-06-16T22:44:33+01:00May 16, 2012|Inspirational Stories|

Who Am I? (Written during a period of Humanistic Therapy at the suggestion my my counsellor Paul Parkin) in August 2001. I am a Homo Sapien, one of the many living species that inhabit the planet Earth. As a human being I am aware that my intelligence gives me superiority over other living matter. I am however mindful that coexistence of [...]

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