It’s a stunning day. The sun has shone brightly, the moon is full and there is an air of anticipation. Strange things are happening in the world, earthquakes in Chile, tsunamis in the Pacific and Atlantic storms that have left scores dead in their wake in western Europe. The coldest February on record is over coming at the end of a severe and prolonged winter that has left the British singularly unimpressed with the global warming chatter coming from certain quarters.

A very close friend even tried to convince me that the longest, coldest winter for 50 years was actually what to expect within global warming. Emperor’s new clothes anybody? Oh, I’m sorry, you’re using them as scarves and draught excluders.

Call it what you will we are experiencing strange days.

I spoke with a friend today and described a scenario whereby we cannot plan for eventualities that are beyond our jurisdiction. Surely the weather has convinced us by now just how powerless we are? What we can do is work upon ourselves and ensure that whatever the fates may throw at us we can guarantee our own reactions. Those unfortunate people in Haiti and Chile could not plan for the earthquakes that devastated their world, likewise the storms that battered the Atlantic coast of Europe.

What we can guarantee is our own responses and this comes as the result of personal development. He in New York and me in London, we cannot know what tomorrow may bring but the way we respond is ours to define. Circumstances are not always within our gift to determine but we are the beneficiaries of that great gift, the power to choose and the permission from the universe to do according to our will. As ever, choose wisely and choose well. The choices you make today will shape your tomorrows.