The Kicking the Bucket List

by Cathy Hopkins

Listen to songs that lift your heart, be with people who inspire you, go to places where you feel peace, cherish the ones you love.’

If life was all on one level, no contrast, it would be a very dull

We think oh, I’ll be happy in the future when I’ve done this, achieved that, got this, gone on holiday, met the One, etc., and so on, wishing away our lives, but the future is a closed curtain. The present is the only time that’s real.

‘So, my darling girls, be present,’ Mum continued. ‘Be in the here and now, live your lives fully and consciously and choose thoughts to be happy.’

mind. Expect the things you want.

‘Make every day your favourite day.’