Perhaps because television features so many engrossing police dramas, many people seem to treat real-life abductions as a kind of live entertainment, gruesome but engrossing. That attitude sickens me.

As a hospital patron, I meet many families who are suffering a different type of tragedy – not newsworthy, not fascinating, but as traumatic as anything on the TV news. Every decent person is horrified by the murders of those poor girls. But what about the youngsters whose deaths never make the front pages? The victims of road accidents, cancer, heart disease and a dozen other preventable horrors? Where are the seas of flowers for them?

Here’s a true test of psychic energy – next time you see a lurid headline, project your mind behind the drama, and think about someone outside the spotlight who needs your help just as much. And then give that help.

The Psychic Challenge
Flowers speak a kind of language. Since the death of Princess Diana, carpets of flowers have symbolised public grief, but they can stand for every shade of emotion. Red roses are for love, of course, and as the song says, yellow roses say goodbye. Words speak to our ears, but flowers talk to our hearts. I will be thinking of one of these flowers today – but which? Look at each picture, and ask which one seems most vivid to you?

Which one is so clear in your mind that you can almost smell it? When you think you know Click here to email your choice and we will announce the answer next week.

Last week
Last week I was focusing on the Smile. One in three readers correctly tuned in to me!