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Thoughts on the new year

09 Wednesday Sep 2015

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What can I say on the last week of the year?
The Jewish new year starts on Sunday night and as usual, it is a time for reflection and contemplating the year ahead and looking back (as well as probably over analysing) the year that we left behind.
I really don’t know what happened to the past year because it just seems to have disappeared so quickly – my younger son says that it has something to do with old age but I’ll skip that idea!

This I do know:
If you are not  ‘present’ then time seems to fly by without feeling like you’ve achieved anything.  It is easy to just fall into ‘robot’ mode and get everything done that has to be done but without much enjoyment.
I’m on a mission to enjoy life more – to work harder at ticking off more of my bucket list and to find new adventures along the way.  Yes, I have to work and parent and be responsible but that is not the only thing that we are put on earth to do.
This time next year, I have to have walked with elephants, swum with dolphins or be a llama farmer (mainly because I just like the sound of that and it is probably not very likely)

I also know this:
A lot of people ask me how I cope with my job and the answer is quite simple.  I cope because I am constantly inspired by all of the people that I work with.
I am not inspired by celebrities and the rich and famous but by people who are constantly striving to better themselves and also by those that take time to make other people’s lives a little bit (or a lot) better.
Thank you for being an inspiration to me.  Everyone of you are responsible for me getting out of bed every morning and pitching up to help others.
You are all responsible for this blog being what it is because you are this blog! Thank you for that!

One of my biggest missions in my life is to stop complaining about always giving and embrace that it is my purpose in life to give.

Mother Teresa said:
“Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier”

We should all be inspired to make even just one person a little happier by being motivating, thankful and happier people – remember that hugs are free!

I wish you all peace, happiness and much health.

Thoughts on 2014

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

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This is the last post for this year.
It is really hard to believe that year has flown by so quickly and when I reflect on what I have done in the past year, I am so happy that I fulfilled some of my dreams this year.  But I also sat back and thought about things much more than actually doing them.
Aren’t most of us masters at that?
Great at thinking, planning and dreaming…. terrible at being brave enough to actually make those dreams and plans a reality.
It may be fear that stops us, it may be laziness and more likely, it is just that it is easy to accept things as they are – to not want to rock the boat too much or do things differently.
I don’t think that we need to accept that.
I think that we are all worth so much more if we just allow ourselves to grow and blossom.
So, while I was thinking about all of this, somebody shared a video with me that is profound.

It is a bit sad if we think about it too much. The idea that so many people die without living to their fullest potential and that graveyards are places of unfulfilled dreams, plans that never happened and ideas that never reached fruitition.
Let us never be one of those people – let us live, make our dreams come true, speak out about our ideas, try things even though we feel that we may fail.
As 2014 closes and we start thinking about a new year, make that part of the deal – 2015 with no regrets!
May all of you who celebrate Christmas have a wonderful one.
Thank you all for being here and sharing this journey with me.

Choose to be happy

21 Thursday Feb 2013

Posted by in Attitude, Life Lessons, Positivity

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This month in the Jewish calendar is called Adar.
They say that when Adar comes joy increases.
Now you may ask how a new month starts and suddenly everyone gets happy. But it happens!
If you have the attitude that something positive is happening or is going to happen and you decide to shift your attitude, then amazing things happen. Your experiences in life actually change.
I understand that we don’t have control over our lives and that things happen that can negatively influence our thoughts and emotions.
But if you choose to be happy, or try your absolute best to be as happy as you can despite of your circumstances, then you will notice a big difference in the way your life seems to work out.

A few days ago, I was almost killed in an almost accident. Well, that’s the dramatic version of the story.  My choice afterwards, once I had finished shaking and feeling absolutely nauseous, was either to focus on the fact that I could have died or that I am blessed to have survived such a near miss.
What happens to you is not a choice. How you deal with it is!
Stop saying but or what if or I can’t.
Start saying yes I can or I’ll try.

François-Marie Arouet otherwise known as Voltaire was a French writer, historian and philosopher who lived from 1694 to 1778.
He had a saying: “I choose to be happy because it is good for my health.”  Even way back then, he knew that positivity had a huge impact on health.
Now that we are in the scientific era, it has been proven that people who are happier and more positive, have stronger immune systems and better longevity.  So it is not only about your mental health but your physical health too.

I hope that you know that you are worth it and your life is worth living. It is worth living in a good, happy and positive way.
Let the happiness in!

Using your gut instinct

07 Thursday Feb 2013

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Do you trust your gut instinct?
And what exactly is a gut instinct?

So, this whole month, I’ve had a horrible nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach that I’m making a mistake in something that I’ve been doing.
And I chose to ignore that feeling because, well maybe it’s my stubbornness or my over analytic way of thinking, or more likely it is my non thinking impulsive behaviour that causes me to do the things that I do.
But guess what? My gut feel was right and I made a royal mess up and now I have to deal with the consequences.
It could have been worse (well, that’s what I’m telling myself) but it could have been totally avoided if I had listened to that gut feel in the first place.

What is a gut feel? Some call it instinct, some call it intuition, others call it sixth sense.
The Heartmath institute has done research to show that gut feel, or whatever you choose to call it, is the innate feeling that is held in our hearts. Yes,our hearts, not our heads. And I guess that is where the idea of listening to your heart comes from.
When we listen to what our head says, we are using our analytical thinking and always thinking about consequences and what ifs.  When we use our hearts, we go with our feelings.
A lot of people ask me whether going with your feelings doesn’t cause you to have more problems because you haven’t made time to think it through.
In most cases it doesn’t.  Your feelings are generally more accurate than your thoughts.
And what if you make a mistake?
Well then you know what not to do. It is a lesson.  And in my case, an expensive one so I call it school fees. Money that you had to spend (ok, lose) in order to learn something that will hopefully be a lesson for life.

Trust yourself, trust your feelings, trust what feels right for you.
It will be so worth it in the end!