11. Day 28: Success Is Always An Option
I must admit, here at the end of the month of extending love to the fear of success that I have little to report except the obvious. Failure is never final. Success is ALWAYS an option. I know. You already knew that. It’s like saying the Crown Jewels are breathtaking. But why?? Why is success always an option? There are times that failure is death or catastrophic mess or pain, what then? The thing I have learned about success by uncovering my eyes and looking at it is that success is. Success is just like Love is or God is or I am. Success is a part of me, of life, of this...
Read More9. Day 24: Silent Night, Holy Night
Our plan for the day included lunch with some BNI Connect friends, a carol service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, dinner and the West End play “The Play That Goes Wrong”. It also ended up including letting the maintenance guy in to repair the washing machine, grocery shopping for a Christmas Cake and walking for miles. The thronging crowds reminded me it was also one of the last shopping days before Christmas. I had a little cough on the Underground which blew up into another coughing fit at the wonderful Indian restaurant where we were meeting friends known previously only in...
Read More9. Day 4: A Call In The Middle Of The Night
One of the epic fears we all face and dread is the call in the middle of the night. It is disorienting, shocking, stunning and exhilarating all at the same time. There is something very galvanizing and clarifying about the call, that has a power all its own. In the space of a single message two people integral to our lives, hearts and businesses were taken to hospital. The feeling of helplessness, distance, disbelief and shock set alight a string of thoughts, a majestic display of “what if ?” and manic solution, none of which was really needed. For hours we waited for news,...
Read More8. Day 26: A Week In The Country: Panic Bypass
We have now slowed our pace to country time, surely just another way of saying Not-Knowing. We arrived with great plans and after a brilliant day in Port Isaac, which some of you may know as Port Wehn in TV series Doc Martin, we have gravitated to real, local and ordinary and, dare I say it out loud, slow. We drive through the countryside with no particular destination. We pause and walk through the graveyard of a not very old in local terms (still pushing 300 years!) church and contemplate the nature of time. We have been to the post office in Holsworthy three times to mail post...
Read More8. Day 11: The Answers Will Find You
Today is my last day in country before embarking on a sabbatical and work trip to England with my husband. This trip came about in the usual way with an idea, an opportunity and a great leap into the infinite Not-Knowing. The trip itself is not so unusual. Traveling overseas gets easier and easier with technology allowing best price and a buffet of choices. What is different, nay, almost unheard of, is that we will be gone for nearly two months. This time will be punctuated with networking and business opportunities but what I am most looking forward to is unplugging from our daily life...
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