We all know where we are at the moment, so I won’t dive headfirst into a cliché pothole by quoting Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, to make my point. What? Did I just …?

The thing is now is what we have, as those of us wearing Eckhart Tolle T shirts know. Not only that, but on the horizon, away from the deep trenches of fear and doom there may be opportunities in them there hills.

Rather than reacting with sadness, anger, fear or helplessness to unfolding events, what if this was our time to find better ways to respond to whatever life throws at us? Time to evolve, to choose to think differently, to do things differently? To be active in fostering our resilience?

As the chink of light keeps tantalisingly opening and then closing, for those of us who can find the time or oomph to put our sanity first - how can we stay focused on the positive stuff?