Dr. GURU speaks,

Many people will detest being by themselves; being in their own company.

Boredom can soon set in. Your actions are hedonistic or serve simply to pass the time. You feel much more at-ease around other people.

Imagine a weekend when you plan to go out. From knowing about it to getting there, the frame-of-mind that you put yourself in will often determine how good a weekend it turns out to be.

With loneliness and solitude it can seem like the good-times can’t come soon enough. Another boring day only adds to the depression.

You will enter each day and week with this state-of-mind. Others around you will pick up on it and steer clear of you if you are truly depressed. Vice versa, if you had a good weekend you would be happier with a fond experience or tale to tell. People will more naturally enjoy your company and provide you with even more social interaction.

It is the frame-of-mind that you put yourself in whilst by yourself which ultimately determines how happy you will be in your life and in your death...

Do not focus on bad experiences in your history.

Avoid always trying to find blame.

Recount all the memories you have and find as much positive as you can in each. The mind is such that the memory can over-ride the actual experience.

Learn more about the things which interest you so that you are not spouting the same ideas and stories from year to year.

Focus on the positive that there is in this world.

Find the humour in as many things as you can.

Find beauty and harmony in nature and music.

Find enlightenment through literature.

Television and the Internet have opened the world to us in our very homes. Yet many people watch from cracked windows at despair and in dismay.

Learn about the greats. Learn what it is to be human. Always be expanding your knowledge. Do not limit yourself to a small number of idols. There are many from whom we can learn.

Analyse as many people as you can, as this will more easily show you what is in yourself.

Be creative. You are no one if you are not your own. Be it in writing, painting, or playing an instrument, expressing one’s personal ideas and emotions is an extremely cathartic experience.

Continually set yourself new tasks to complete. Life is not properly lived without a wealth of different experiences.

Eat a healthy and balanced diet, but eat heartily. Learn about foods and know how to cook.

Exercise regularly to keep a strong and supple body. Get as much fresh air as possible.

Do not drink heavily (over 35 units of alcohol per week).

Do not take hard drugs to ease the pain. The drugs don’t work.

If all else fails, find optimism...for this may be your saving grace.

The GURU must now sleep.