SL Marathon 2013 – Update – Week 1 #SLM13
My intention is to post a general update at the end of the week on Sundays. Unfortunately Week 1 went by so quickly with not enough hours in the day, that I never got round to typing everything up in...
View Article12 Life Lessons I Learned from my Cat
12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat 1. Pounce on opportunity. He who hesitates, misses catching the passing lizard. 2. Patience. Infinite patience. 3. Concentration. A cat studying an opportunity...
View ArticleSL Marathon 2013 – Update – Week 2 #SLM13
Week 2 has now finished!!! So what has this week encompassed? ***full-time working day x 4 ***one day off, however no rest for the wicked as I’ve used that to catch up with college homework, coaching...
View ArticleReaching for Happiness
Reaching for Happiness Know that. . . . You can’t be all things to all people. You can’t do all things at once. You can’t do all things equally well. You can’t do all things better than everyone else....
View ArticleSL Marathon 2013 – Update – Week 5 #SLM13
And so the initial euphoria has started to wear off, aches and pains getting ramped up a bit… people actually enjoy this? Just joking… well not the first two bits, they’re definitely true… but I am...
View ArticleThere’s no charge for Love
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt...
View ArticleSL Marathon 2013 – Update – Week 6 – The week Hell decided to visit #SLM13
Where has the time gone? I meant to get this posted last week but time and circumstances have conspired to pile things up to such a degree my to-do list has it’s own to-do list! Not good! So five...
View ArticleSL Marathon 2013 – Update – Week 7 – Yasso800s #SLM13
Still a week behind I’m afraid, hoping to catch up soon! So the previous 6 weeks have been about building a solid foundation to work from, safely… Week 7 starts the sharpening section, which meant this...
View ArticleWet Pants
Compassion and wet pants! Come with me to a third grade classroom….. There is a nine-year-old boy sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants...
View ArticleLittle Things
Little Things There’s nothing very beautiful and nothing very gay About the rush of faces in the town by day; But a light tan cow in a pale green mead, That is very beautiful, beautiful indeed. And...
View ArticleSL Marathon 2013 – Update – Facilities and Resources
Well it’s been a while… the past 6 months have been amazingly busy and I’ve struggled to keep up, which means that the writing and blogging side of things has had to take a very dim and distant back...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Changed Her Brain: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Filed under: Inspirational Media Tagged: achievement, adaptation, alive, Arrowsmith-Young, bodies, brainhealth, braintraining, children,...
View ArticleIf this were your last day
If this were your last day If this were your last day what would you stop and notice? Would you see the sun as it peeked through a blanket of darkness Would you watch as it turned into a glowing orb...
View ArticleTo the End
To the End What do you see when you look into my face what thoughts and images flash through? What do you feel as you hover above looking down acting like a clown? What about when you cuddle up close...
View ArticleMy Child
My Child You jump, you spin, you hop the delight on your face when the music starts as you wiggle and try to bop. Such enthusiasm such glee it’s a joy to behold to witness to see. Once upon a time I...
View ArticleChallenge 2 of 3 (Triple Continent Challenge)
4 deserts – Racing the Planet – Madagascar 250km unsupported 6 stages Start line… 31st August… It’s finally here! And so the time is rapidly approaching for Challenge 2 to commence… 250 km across...
View ArticleFirst session
First session The door swings open a face then appears an arm ushers you in… you want to turn back as your head starts to spin. You enter a room and notice a sofa, a chair, a table you choose, you sit...
View ArticleChallenge 2 of 3 – Done!
I don’t have a lot of time tonight as at the time of drafting this, it’s only a matter of hours before I’m off to the airport… time to get to the States for the next part of my challenge, so a brief...
View ArticleWhat is Hell
What is Hell? The word it conjures red flames and heat where fears abounds and Pain is all. There a devil sits upon his throne wielding a mighty club denouncing sinners as they run amok and have a...
View ArticleGrand2Grand Ultra – Stage 1
And so it began… The Grand2Grand… I was actually at the banner, the start line… the very place I had seen on the trailer a year ago. Thinking back now it still seems very surreal… did that really...
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