Monday, 28 October 2019

Life is Transient

Life is Transient (But it can still be awesome)

These are some stunning Mr Lincoln roses from our garden.

They look stunning. They smell magnificent. We have three bushes out the window (two Mr Lincolns and one Camp David - they are very Presidential!) and when the window is open the breeze wafts the joyful aroma through.

In a couple of weeks these flowers will be dead.

During their short life they have brought emotion and meaning to others. We have loved and appreciated them. Maybe someone walked past and saw them and smiled because of the one they love. Maybe they walked past and missed someone who used to be in their life who loved roses. Often our impact can be deep and unknown to us.

Sometimes the blooms last for a long time and sometimes they go well before their time due to hungry possums, disease or a mistake while pruning.

Our lives are like that of these roses.

Sometimes we bring joy just by being there but to others we may bring discomfort, through no ill will of our own. Sometimes our lives are shorter than we want and others times our inner strength sustains us.

It is important to enjoy life while you have it. Enjoy the interactions that come your way. Learn to recognise the short term inconveniences for what they are - short term. Adjust to live with the long term inconveniences.

Like a rose, sometimes you have manure spread around you (physical or symbolic) but understand it will make you stronger and while it may stink, you will end up smelling like roses.

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Monday, 21 October 2019

How Do You Express Yourself?

How is Your Personal Expression?

This is our dog, Winston the Wonder Poodle.

He will often show his happiness, excitement and delight by running around in a crazy manner, often referred to as Zoomies. We call them Circle Work. Click on the image above to see him in actions.

It is a way he expresses himself with no concern of what others think.

Whether he runs circles through the lounge, kitchen and entry way or does massive circles around the paddock when we are up at the shed, or this simple circle work up and down the couch, he is not ashamed to show how he feels.

We can get so hooked up on the negativity or the expectations and "shoulds" of the world that we sometimes forget to express how we feel. Then, if we do get the urge to show how we feel, we worry about "what will other people think."

Be like Winston.

Show the world how you are feeling through your words, actions and behaviours. There are so many fabulous things happening in our world that we can forget to enjoy them or show people how they make us feel. It's time for that to change.

How do you express yourself?

PS This episode of the Get More Success show we chat with Cathy Fyock about expressing yourself via a Book!
She is the Business Book Strategist and she has some easy to implement tips on how you can write your book quicker, easier and cheaper.
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Monday, 14 October 2019

Beware the Power of Your Words

Beware the Power of your Words

Text Image "Saying Have a Nice Day to someone sounds nice. But saying Enjoy your next 24 hours sounds threatening"

Mark Twain said that the difference between the nearly right word and the right word is the difference between lightning and lightning-bug.

As you see from the image text, the framing of your words (even though they may be correct) also makes a huge difference.

All you need to do is visit the social media channel of your choice and you will see words being misused, misunderstood and mistaken.

Words can raise a person up to the greatest heights and can bring them crashing down just as easily.

There is power in words. Use your power wisely. Dear-Reader I implore you to use this power for good and not evil.

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Monday, 7 October 2019

How Are Your Head Miles?

How Are Your Head Miles

This image came across my social media feed last month. It was on my friend Troy's page. I tracked it down to 2001 but its source is unknown. If you know, please tell me so I can credit it.

Many have dismissed this as a "meaningless, ridiculous statement." Others think it is too negative and dismisses the reality of life.

I really like it.

I find it incredibly freeing.

I'm not sure about you but I do a stack of head miles worrying about things that never come to pass, obsessing about what I "should" be doing, regretting actions I never took, constructing endless conversations that I never had, wondering if I am "enough", berating myself for being "too lazy"... the miles are endless.

This observation allows me to get a very real perspective in it's accuracy. Some misunderstand it as a nihilist observation, but to me it is not. It shows me that the head miles are wrong.

This observation shows me that while my ghost travels in this meat covered skeleton made of stardust on this rock floating through space (around an active nuclear fusion explosion), so much is possible and enjoyable. It is a reminder that my life is so improbable to start with, don't let little things that don't exist stop me.

Dear-Reader if you do some head miles, maybe this will help you too?

PS The latest episode of the Get More Success show is out.
Corrine Armour shares with us her tips for Fearless Leadership and she knows first hand what this is.
Working in the jungles of Indonesia to provide aid to those who needed it, she fell in love with one of the
Guerillas. A few life threatening situations barely summises the situation. Check out the latest episode.

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Monday, 28 October 2019