This morning I was on my way to a coaching appointment and discovered that one of the tube lines I planned to take had severe delays. In order to make the appointment on time I immediately decided to take a black cab instead. Usually there are always cabs available close to where I live but at this crucial moment there weren’t any. It was thirty-five minutes before my appointment was due to begin and I was still only a few yards from my front door. Then at last I saw a yellow light on the horizon, hailed the cab and got in.

My next panic was about traffic. Many times when taking a cab to the Hubworking centre, where I do all my face to face coaching, I have been stuck in a traffic bottle neck around Blackfriars and have had to frantically walk the last fifteen minutes. After weighing up the route options with the driver we decided to go via London Bridge instead.

I had a lovely chat with the cab driver who was a very cheery fellow and said that he never liked to moan or complain about things, unlike many of his colleagues. He then said, “I think life is much easier if can be happy on a day to day basis; then stressful things don’t get you down as much.”

I thought this was a wise expression. If we can elevate ourselves to a happier life state, then it is easier to navigate our way through the day to day challenges. Difficult or bad events will still happen but they won’t impact us a negatively. On the other hand if we are in a low life state and always moaning about everything then such events will only put more fuel on the fire of misery.

It was a really enjoyable conversation, I arrived with twenty minutes to spare and the journey provided me with this week’s blog. That’s what I call a happy result!