Every book begins with a single thought. In this instance, the thought was more a flash of divine inspiration, something that came to me in the middle of the night and refused to go away. Over the following weeks, I quietly approached one hundred friends, associates and close relations. I briefly outlined the project, while at the same time exploring their thoughts. Within less than a week, I began to receive a remarkable response from across the world. To cover every option and receive as broad a response as possible, I asked each writer to contact his or her friends, spreading the net as...

For every person the story of life is the eternal quest for answers to the multitude of questions we are driven to ask. The constant search for simple solutions to the challenges we face is a peculiar aspect of human nature. Our inherent sense of curiosity encourages us to believe that a better solution lies around the next corner. Actually, this is the search for inner contentment, and it involves a certain amount of inner-faith, allied to the development of a healthy mental attitude. Similarly, it is true that lots of patience is required, as well as facing the fact that it is possible to...

We exist in a world of relentless change, living a life where the challenge to achieve success and riches has become the byword for the meaning of life itself. The attitude of the media promotes this belief and is one of increasing the daily pressure, of telling its readers, or viewers, that you are nothing if you are not one of the chosen ?elite?. Young people in particular feel the onslaught of this constant pressure, while those of middle years find the goal-posts have not-so subtly moved and they are redundant long before they are prepared for their retirement. It is little surprise there...

For a great number of people there are periods when life becomes a battlefield of emotional conflicts, caused by emotional obstacles or even situations beyond normal everyday control. When this happens, there are no easy answers, no words that can take away pain and sorrow, but there are ways to deal with the pain that help you to find some comfort and support. Regardless of the cause, there are many ways to deal with these setbacks, of looking at life in a different way and finding new methods of dealing with it. Any book dealing with a sensitive subject is fraught with sensitive minefields,...