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If we used all the energy that we use being negative, and applied it to being positive, how much more would we achieve?
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I love having good friends. Today, I attended a Magistrates' Training event, then met with a very good friend for lunch. She is somebody who is positive and affirming - a true friend. I reflected that having known her for 20 years, I have only ever known her to be somebody who encourages me. I really love that about her. Later I spent time with another friend who has not been well. She has also been sombody critical to my well-being when times were difficult. These are good people to spend time with!
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Today has been a day for reflection. How much time do I spend with people who inspire and encourage me, and how much with people who drain and diminish me?
On the whole through our choices of occupation, location and social life, we can at least influence some of the company we keep. My resolution today has been to steer clear of people who sabotage my efforts and energy if I can do. That feels like a positive decision!
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I have been invigorated by the new challenges, the excitement of a new business, the stimulating training and the ideas of how to develop it. A friend has already committed to joining the team and has started her business.
I have been using the Aloe Vera products. Already feeling better for taking appropriate vitamin and minerals. The croci are emerging exultantly on the lawn - proving that time spent last year investing in generating new life was time well spent. The flood of mauve interspersed with flashes of yellow is a delight. Spring is springing!
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Sometimes the excitement lies in the challenge. My challenge yesterday was get a website, a facebook account, a new email address and a new twitter account up and running. Challenge on. Two down.
I realise that when I am interested, I can be highly productive. I think that is true of most people. So how do you capture that interest, or instil it in somebody without education, hope or self-esteem? A nun I knew at art college, Mary-Lou Winters, once said in one of our tutorials "you become interesting by being interested".
Right now I am interested in the prospect of a developing a new skill, hypnotherapy. My experience of hypnotherapy so far has been mostly limited to Paul McKenna, with a positive NLP approach of NOW... you can... Unfortunately the cats were listening to it too. They have been unbearable ever since...
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It's been a time for making fresh starts. The new year brings with it fresh challenges and excitements. One of my decisions is to be open to new opportunities. So when I saw a friend by chance yesterday afternoon who informed me that he was embarking upon a long walk, I agreed immediately to join him. We went to a part of Guildford I did not know, up onto Pewley Down. It was quite beautiful as the sun was going down, mist and ice stroked the hills and the sky turned that deep blue into mauve that precedes the night. We walked initially in daylight and eventually in darkness until we reached St. Martha's Church, looking down over a streetlit town, with the trees silhouetted against a now purple sky, as the stars began to emerge. It was quite breath-taking. Venus dazzled us with her illumination, and Jupiter rose to join the dance.
We eventually conceded to the need to return, and stumbled back through dark woods and eventually solid roads, as I pointed out the constellations of the Pleiades, Casseopeia, The Plough, Orion and Taurus. Defrosting in front of an open fire at The King's Head saw a pleasant end to the expedition three hours later.
I remembered the words of my friend Jim, "what are you going to do today that you didn't do yesterday?" Well, today I found a new and special place in the area that I live in that I had never visited before. It felt good.
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