God Mode

Some people insist on calling it luck. People wait for change when they should actively be creating new avenues of possibility. Today I caught myself thinking negatively about a situation which could have cost me 30 more minutes on public transport over a 30 cent discrepency.

The cashier had run out of change and instead of worrying or fuming about the situation I quickly ran for the train as I felt waiting would cost me more than 30 cents. I was able to snap out of the mode I was in during the morning as I was hit by 3 or 4 instances where I had just missed or the timing wasn't right for buses, taxis and other plans for travel. I made the express train just in time.

I had realised or percieved that I was not flowing through life in my normal state. Some people call it God mode. You know these people in life for whom things seem to work out for. These people are not gifted something in life other than a positive attitude and a will to make it happen.

I see seemless transitions during my day as the norm not the exception. I was really challenged after a night on the tables where I would rate the result as avarage despite getting my money in as a 75% favourite 3 times and losing a few hundred. We can let past events in our life over shadow some future endeavours. I think we can shape the future by setting realistic goals for real life transformations.

On Saturday in bowls after being 15-1 down against our round 5 opponents we managed to claw back to a 20-19 lead with 8 ends to play. We continued on our winning way extending the length of the ends and our lead to win by 15 shots on our rink. Our whole team is hoping to win as many rinks as possible throughout the Pennant season.

We found a way to win. We changed our strategy. We never lost our focus, we believed in ourselves and the team. I think by having a team working together and believeing in one another it pushes us all individually to work harder. We really didn't want to let the team down and we were pretty confident of an overall victory. This enabled us to take tactical risks which payed off. We scored 33 shots to our opponents 2 over the last 10 ends.

Pennant Update

After our first round win against Northmead we were promptly advised by the Sydney North West Zone 10 organisation that we would be stripped of our 6 points and that they would be given to Northmead. This was due to an error in player transfer form processing.

Needless to say we are undefeated after 4 rounds and are sitting close to the top of the table despite losing our first round points. We have only lost one rink in 4 games and our side has pulled together and knows the job we have to do.

When You Want Something You Have Never Had You Must Do What You Have Never Done

This idea struck me as a way to instigate change. I think we need to learn the lessons from our past and move forward. I generally believe that if you are successful in one area, some of the skills in your first area of success are transferable to future projects. New specialised learning and mentoring from experts in the new field is also required. There are just some things you can not teach yourself!

"Hearts a Mess" Goyte

Pick apart
The pieces of your heart
And let me peer inside
Let me in
Where only your thoughts have been
Let me occupy your mind
As you do mine

You have lost
(Too much love)
To fear, doubt and distrust
(It’s not enough)
You just threw away the key
(To your heart)

You don’t get burned
(’Cause nothing gets through)
It makes it easier
(Easier on you)
But that much more difficult for me
To make you see…

Love ain’t fair
So there you are
My love

Your heart’s a mess
You won’t admit to it
It makes no sense
But I’m desperate to connect
And you, you can’t live like this

Your heart’s a mess
You won’t admit to it
It makes no sense
But I’m desperate to connect
And you, you can’t live like this

Your heart’s a mess
You won’t admit to it
It makes no sense
But I’m desperate to connect
And you, you can’t live like this

Love ain’t safe
You won’t get hurt if you stay chaste
So you can wait
But I don’t wanna waste my love