Delighted at both the mysteries of the universe and the everyday little things that fill our lives

And whenever I'd complain or be upset about something, she would say to me: "Darling, change the channel

You are in control of the clicker Don't replay the bad, scary movie"

One of the gifts that this attitude to life gave her was the ability to cut through hierarchies

I remember one night, I was living in London and dating a Tory member of Parliament

It must have been one of those decisions made on sleep deprivation And he brought home to dinner the then-Prime Minister Edward Heath

My mother was in the kitchen, where she was most of the time and the plumber had to come in to fix some last-minute problem

So my mother asked the plumber what he thought of the prime minister "Not much," the plumber said, "he hasn't been good for working people"

"Oh!" my mother said, "Let me go bring him here so you can tell him directly" And she didn't think there was any problem at all

About bringing the prime minister to the kitchen and that's where he sat down and heard a mouthful from the plumber

Well-being, wonder and now the 3rd W, wisdom

If you look around you you see leaders in positions of power in politics, in media, in business

All of them with high iqs and great degrees making terrible decisions