Saturday, December 17, 2011
"Discovering Your Smiling Soul"
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Choose Your Thoughts Carefully
These beautiful thoughts have been sent by a Friend and I wanted to share them with YOU ALL!
Thoughts are the seeds which we sow every moment of our Lives. Apple Seeds will grow Apples & Cactus seeds will grow Cactus.
So choose Your Thoughts carefully as Every Thought Conscious or Unconscious resonates Energy & that Energy exudes itself in different forms on different aspects of our Lives; Knowingly or Unknowingly!
1. Even with a small bank account, the one, who is contended, finds himself with great wealth.
2. Freedom starts in the Mind, not by cutting ropes.
3. To give happiness to others is a great act of charity.
4. Cheerfulness keeps up the spirit of the one who possesses it and brings a smile to the lips of others.
5. A smile can make short work of any difficulty.
6. Give a lot of time to the improvement of yourself, then there is not time to criticize others.
7. To taste the sweetness of Life, you must have the power to forget the past.
8. Waste work will make your heavy and tired and positive work makes you happy, light and refreshed.
9. Those who remain very happy will never internal laziness. Laziness is a great vice.
10. Balance is the real foundation of a blissful life. Keep this always in mind and your present and future will always remain bright.
11. Contentment and bliss go hand in hand. These qualities create great fascination for you among others.
12. If every step is taken in the remembrance of God, just imagine how much fortune there is in every moment.
13. If through some error yesterday was lost in grief, don’t lose today by keeping it in your memory.
14. Cheerfulness is the beauty of the face. He who is sullen is really ugly.
15. Life is like a drama. If I understood the plot, there is great happiness.
16. The more you enjoy putting in good efforts, the greater will be your happiness on receiving the fruits of those efforts.
17. When you smile, not only do you feel happy but you bring a ray of light into the lives of others.
18. Many people will want to quarrel and fight with you; realize that the only weapons you need are a smile and a loving nature.
19. To have balance in all situations is the key to happiness.
20. Sometimes a smile can be like a drop of water in the desert.
21. You must enjoy yourself and have recreation, but check whether it enriches your life internally.
22. If I make THIS MOMENT happy, it will increase my chances of having the next moment happy also.
23. The wealth of a rich man can be stolen or burnt, but the happiness and wisdom of the wise remain.
24. In the world of sorrow, what brings greater wealth- money or happiness?
25. A person is pronounce great when he can face a difficult situation with happiness and laughter.
26. Physical beauty can be lost with marks of age or through accident. Spiritual beauty cannot be destroyed.
27. The fool wants others to see him; the wise man smiles in the audience.
28. The one who is honest and has a true heart will always feel light and tension-free.
29. True victory means complete control over your sense-organs.
30. If you mind is caught in bondages and problems of the past, you will not experience the joys of the present.
31. If you want to advance in life, make sure that your wants don’t advance.
32. To forget your troubles, remember your Angels are there.
33. If you wanted and didn't get, may be you don’t need.
34. Condition your mind and remain cool under all conditions.
35. In the long run the most difficult thing is to search for an easy way out.
36. Nothing is just coincidence. Every tree in Life’s garden bears significance.
37. The one who knows how to adjust is the one who knows how to survive.
38. If others are against you, don’t put your back against the wall, see what you can gain from the company of the universe.
39. If you give your heart to someone they might break it. If you give your heart to your Angels, it gets strengthened.
40. If you beat your head against the wall when problems come, your intellect to decide will be messed up.
41. When the world becomes like a wild storm- the most beautiful shelter are your Angels.
42. If you do everything with the feeling of happiness, there will be no task too difficult to perform.
43. When you try your best and your best is not good enough, leave it in the hands of your Angels.
44. Remember you are very special. NO ONE can play your role better than you.
45. Loneliness comes when I forget that the universe is my Supreme companion.
46. Pin all your hopes in the universe, then you will not be pinned down by man.
47. To age does not matter, but by taking on matters you will age.
48. If there is no filament in a bulb, there is no light; If there are no Angels in your Life, there is no Life.
49. The more you understand yourself, the easier it is to remain happy and peaceful.
50. When all your attachments are with the Universe, then your achievements are many.
Thoughts are the seeds which we sow every moment of our Lives. Apple Seeds will grow Apples & Cactus seeds will grow Cactus.
So choose Your Thoughts carefully as Every Thought Conscious or Unconscious resonates Energy & that Energy exudes itself in different forms on different aspects of our Lives; Knowingly or Unknowingly!
1. Even with a small bank account, the one, who is contended, finds himself with great wealth.
2. Freedom starts in the Mind, not by cutting ropes.
3. To give happiness to others is a great act of charity.
4. Cheerfulness keeps up the spirit of the one who possesses it and brings a smile to the lips of others.
5. A smile can make short work of any difficulty.
6. Give a lot of time to the improvement of yourself, then there is not time to criticize others.
7. To taste the sweetness of Life, you must have the power to forget the past.
8. Waste work will make your heavy and tired and positive work makes you happy, light and refreshed.
9. Those who remain very happy will never internal laziness. Laziness is a great vice.
10. Balance is the real foundation of a blissful life. Keep this always in mind and your present and future will always remain bright.
11. Contentment and bliss go hand in hand. These qualities create great fascination for you among others.
12. If every step is taken in the remembrance of God, just imagine how much fortune there is in every moment.
13. If through some error yesterday was lost in grief, don’t lose today by keeping it in your memory.
14. Cheerfulness is the beauty of the face. He who is sullen is really ugly.
15. Life is like a drama. If I understood the plot, there is great happiness.
16. The more you enjoy putting in good efforts, the greater will be your happiness on receiving the fruits of those efforts.
17. When you smile, not only do you feel happy but you bring a ray of light into the lives of others.
18. Many people will want to quarrel and fight with you; realize that the only weapons you need are a smile and a loving nature.
19. To have balance in all situations is the key to happiness.
20. Sometimes a smile can be like a drop of water in the desert.
21. You must enjoy yourself and have recreation, but check whether it enriches your life internally.
22. If I make THIS MOMENT happy, it will increase my chances of having the next moment happy also.
23. The wealth of a rich man can be stolen or burnt, but the happiness and wisdom of the wise remain.
24. In the world of sorrow, what brings greater wealth- money or happiness?
25. A person is pronounce great when he can face a difficult situation with happiness and laughter.
26. Physical beauty can be lost with marks of age or through accident. Spiritual beauty cannot be destroyed.
27. The fool wants others to see him; the wise man smiles in the audience.
28. The one who is honest and has a true heart will always feel light and tension-free.
29. True victory means complete control over your sense-organs.
30. If you mind is caught in bondages and problems of the past, you will not experience the joys of the present.
31. If you want to advance in life, make sure that your wants don’t advance.
32. To forget your troubles, remember your Angels are there.
33. If you wanted and didn't get, may be you don’t need.
34. Condition your mind and remain cool under all conditions.
35. In the long run the most difficult thing is to search for an easy way out.
36. Nothing is just coincidence. Every tree in Life’s garden bears significance.
37. The one who knows how to adjust is the one who knows how to survive.
38. If others are against you, don’t put your back against the wall, see what you can gain from the company of the universe.
39. If you give your heart to someone they might break it. If you give your heart to your Angels, it gets strengthened.
40. If you beat your head against the wall when problems come, your intellect to decide will be messed up.
41. When the world becomes like a wild storm- the most beautiful shelter are your Angels.
42. If you do everything with the feeling of happiness, there will be no task too difficult to perform.
43. When you try your best and your best is not good enough, leave it in the hands of your Angels.
44. Remember you are very special. NO ONE can play your role better than you.
45. Loneliness comes when I forget that the universe is my Supreme companion.
46. Pin all your hopes in the universe, then you will not be pinned down by man.
47. To age does not matter, but by taking on matters you will age.
48. If there is no filament in a bulb, there is no light; If there are no Angels in your Life, there is no Life.
49. The more you understand yourself, the easier it is to remain happy and peaceful.
50. When all your attachments are with the Universe, then your achievements are many.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Emotional? Me?
So there I was, I’d walked in at 11pm last night from work and on the table a big envelope from Currumbin Primary School stared at me!
Excited I was to see what teachers had Kobi and to see what side of the school she will be in. I opened the letter from both her teachers and all of a sudden my heart started pounding and my chest kind a hurt and I was blinking to hold back tears???
OMG, I was getting sad that my little girl was growing up and going to Big School next year and I felt like I was losing her!
I know I’m not loosing Kobi but it was freaky seeing my emotions just take over like that. I paced the lounge room reading that she was going to be in class PE and on the BIGGER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL. Arrrgggggggggggggg........
There are 4 Prep classes across the road in a nice little quaint area just for them and on the bigger side 2 Prep classes and this is where Kobi will be. Turning up for morning orientation not long ago to experience the whole school vibe took me back to when I started at Maclean Primary School. As I stood in the quadrangle a class of 8 year olds walked pass, no smiling, just staring us all up and down so in my own little head there I was playing a 5 year old looking at the older kids just staring me down, not smiling, walking with attitude, waiting for my mummy to walk out the gate so I could get picked on! I was looking at Kobi when this movie was playing in my head and straight away I could see myself putting Kobi into Self Defence classes, Karate classes, Kung Fu classes, just so she knew how to stick up for herself and stand strong.... Then I came back to reality, gulped and moved on...
The list of items needed comes to $177.80 – most of these I can see getting lost, left at school or the dog will probably eat! Then the uniforms... Of course these are going to be real expensive because NO price list was attached for this one!
I know Kobi will be fine. She has been attending Kangas since she was 8 months old, being surrounded by strangers most of her life. We have no family to help, no family to call on for ½ a day or a full day while we have to work ( no say in this one) and that thing we all have called a ‘Mortgage’. The only choice was this.
But I look at everything as a POSITIVE. In any situation that does not agree with me, I always see the POSITIVE SIDE.
Kobi loves people, very much a people person. Has wonderful manners, is polite and knows how to act around a bunch of strangers. Has learnt to stick up for herself at an early age. Being hit in the face by a stranger baby has made this cherub a little bit stronger in personality.
She will be FINNNNNEEEEEEEE at school I know. I have many wonderful friends who’s’ children have gone through the same thing, not once but even 4 or 5 times! First day at school photos I still have with me of some of my friends or in my mind I remember seeing the photos of their precious cargo all ready for big school. This comforts me.
So bring on 23rd January for I am ready for you!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Places Ive Worked All Over The World
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
My father told me along long time ago... "Jecca, keep a record of all the places you will ever work, so you can look back on and see how far you have come". And so I did.
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
A lot of people prefer the road less travelled because it means less change and less change results in less conflict. So many make choices that are safe and comfortable so they avoid the road less travelled because its the safer path. However, at the age of 16 I knew I WAS NEVER going to take that path....
One of my favourite quotes by Robert Frost, around the year 1920, wrote the quote called
'The Road Not Taken'...
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
By ― Robert Frost
Below from the age of 16 to 41 are places I have worked - I loved moving about. I guess thats just me!
AUSTRALIA
Channel 9, Sydney NSW
Fishmongers Restaurant, Manly Sydney
Hamilton Towers, Hamilton Island, QLD
Denny’s Family Restaurant - Broadbeach Gold Coast
Chloe’s Restaurant, Quality Inn Hotel, Gold Coast QLD
Seaworld Theme Park Gold Coast
Perisher Valley Chair Lift Restaurant – Perisher Valley
Pacific Hotel, Yamba NSW
Australian Hotel, Mackay QLD
Travelodge Hotel, Surfers Paradise
Centrepoint Motel, Lismore NSW
Yamba Bowling Club, Yamba
Castalia Restaurant, Yamba NSW
Kern Consulting Group (Financial) - Cairns
CBC Staff Selection Cairns - Assignments Completed:
Petersen McCullough Robertson Lawyers
Department of Environmental Heritage
Department of Tourism, Sport & Racing
Bay Village Tropical Retreat Resort – Cairns
Tax Refund Centre – MGI Cockrell Reese Chartered Accountants - Cairns
Kosciusko Thredbo Resort – Thredbo
NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative – Harwood
RQ’s Tavern, Robina, QLD
Atkinson Gore Group / WPS V8 Supercar Racing Team – Gold Coast
Velocity – Gold Coast Airport
Hill View House - Administration
Solomons Flooring Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads Hospital, Sterilisation Technician – Tweed Heads
NEW ZEALAND
Carlton Hotel, Auckland NZ
Park in the Bar, Auckland NZ
Poenamo Hotel Auckland NZ
Autowash Company, Glenfield Auckland NZ
New Zealand Spirit Merchants – Browns Bay NZ
USA
Camp Counsellors USA - Full time Life Guard, Swim Instructor
ENGLAND
Harrods - Harrods Restaurant England
Cook Dennehy Recruitment London - Assignments Completed:
Frogmore Real Estate - London WC2B 6AA
HSBC Holdings Banking – Midland Bank
Merrill Lynch – Merchant - London
ABN AMRO – Dutch Bank – London
Devonshire Art Publishers - London
Medical & General Employment Agency - Temping
Prudential Assurance - PruTech Limited, 250 Euston Road London
Marler & Marler Surveyors & Estate Agents – Knightsbridge London
My father told me along long time ago... "Jecca, keep a record of all the places you will ever work, so you can look back on and see how far you have come". And so I did.
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
A lot of people prefer the road less travelled because it means less change and less change results in less conflict. So many make choices that are safe and comfortable so they avoid the road less travelled because its the safer path. However, at the age of 16 I knew I WAS NEVER going to take that path....
One of my favourite quotes by Robert Frost, around the year 1920, wrote the quote called
'The Road Not Taken'...
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
By ― Robert Frost
Below from the age of 16 to 41 are places I have worked - I loved moving about. I guess thats just me!
AUSTRALIA
Channel 9, Sydney NSW
Fishmongers Restaurant, Manly Sydney
Hamilton Towers, Hamilton Island, QLD
Denny’s Family Restaurant - Broadbeach Gold Coast
Chloe’s Restaurant, Quality Inn Hotel, Gold Coast QLD
Seaworld Theme Park Gold Coast
Perisher Valley Chair Lift Restaurant – Perisher Valley
Pacific Hotel, Yamba NSW
Australian Hotel, Mackay QLD
Travelodge Hotel, Surfers Paradise
Centrepoint Motel, Lismore NSW
Yamba Bowling Club, Yamba
Castalia Restaurant, Yamba NSW
Kern Consulting Group (Financial) - Cairns
CBC Staff Selection Cairns - Assignments Completed:
Petersen McCullough Robertson Lawyers
Department of Environmental Heritage
Department of Tourism, Sport & Racing
Bay Village Tropical Retreat Resort – Cairns
Tax Refund Centre – MGI Cockrell Reese Chartered Accountants - Cairns
Kosciusko Thredbo Resort – Thredbo
NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative – Harwood
RQ’s Tavern, Robina, QLD
Atkinson Gore Group / WPS V8 Supercar Racing Team – Gold Coast
Velocity – Gold Coast Airport
Hill View House - Administration
Solomons Flooring Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads Hospital, Sterilisation Technician – Tweed Heads
NEW ZEALAND
Carlton Hotel, Auckland NZ
Park in the Bar, Auckland NZ
Poenamo Hotel Auckland NZ
Autowash Company, Glenfield Auckland NZ
New Zealand Spirit Merchants – Browns Bay NZ
USA
Camp Counsellors USA - Full time Life Guard, Swim Instructor
ENGLAND
Harrods - Harrods Restaurant England
Cook Dennehy Recruitment London - Assignments Completed:
Frogmore Real Estate - London WC2B 6AA
HSBC Holdings Banking – Midland Bank
Merrill Lynch – Merchant - London
ABN AMRO – Dutch Bank – London
Devonshire Art Publishers - London
Medical & General Employment Agency - Temping
Prudential Assurance - PruTech Limited, 250 Euston Road London
Marler & Marler Surveyors & Estate Agents – Knightsbridge London
Saturday, October 29, 2011
A Positive Inspirational Story
When you thought I wasn't looking is a message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator and I immediately wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favourite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's alright to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.'
Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher or friend) influence the life of a child. How will you touch the life of someone today?
Written by a former child
Author Unknown
Sunday, August 7, 2011
20 High Street YAMBA
A place where I grew up with all my friends, sleepovers, hangovers, drinkovers, birthday parties every year, laughter, camping in the back yard, listening to the Picture Theatre playing its movies, the drunks rolling and laughing down the hill from the pub and yahoooing, the childhood friends I am still friends with today who would come and holiday in Yamba, being able and very blessed to walk to the pub, the golf club and the bowling club every weekend, especially the smell of my dad’s cooking from down the street... the way the shop owners would always so.. 'I can always smell your dads cooking', and just a great place and best position to be bought up in.
So it comes to no surprise then, with the strong connection I feel about my 'old' home, that I defend it like it’s a part of my physical body. It was my sanctuary, the place I always came back to.
So it caught on fire... this is telling me that it’s about time the ole girl was laid to rest and a brand new start must be made and new memories on this spot.
Yes, I am very sad, very sad, tears well up, but the memories will live on in my photo albums, and I have plenty of them.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Recurring Plane Crash Dreams
This link is about the closest I could find to show you how my dreams look and feel to me - They feel real to me like this... - ONLY THE BEGINNING PART AS IT IS AN EDITED VIDEO CLIP - IT TURNS OUT FINE IN THE END..Click on link below to view or cut and paste...
http://youtu.be/CGBLVp_7yUE
I have these recurring dreams of planes crashing. I’m not joking, these dreams are so so real but don’t happen that often, but often enough to disturb me, and cause me to do a quick search on the internet about it.
I am never inside the plane, always on the ground watching. And the plane always tries to pull out of the crash using some strange physics that is only available in dreams, but then ends up ploughing into the earth and basically disintegrating. I am never aware of knowing any of the passengers, just that there are passengers.
I always realize that the plane is going to crash before it actually does, and all I do is stand there and watch it (what more could anyone do in that circumstance?). It usually crashes quite close to me, no more than a few hundred feet away. Sometimes it crashes into a building and other times into the ground (my next-door-neighbour’s yard in another dream).
This morning’s dream I was with my girlfriend Nicole, we were outside, and I was talking to her husband on the phone then he put Nicole’s mum on the phone and she was yelling at me as I left Kobis birthday cards on her table back in Newcastle with money in them, which in my head was really the table at 20 High Street Yamba where I use to live. And I turned around and this plane was a BIG LONG plane blue and white, I was showing Nic, as we live near the airport ( in my dream and in real life) pointing to it and then it went over us and wobbled really badly, they always seem to wobble in my dreams and then it turned around towards us and back away and BANG!! It crashed down on to a main highway and in the distance I could see another small plane crash.... I always cower down and cover my head.
In other dreams, the plane was about to crash down onto me, but somehow put on the “brakes” and slowed to a stop right above my head, then sort of swung like a pendulum for a moment before being shot off to the side, but not at a high enough angle to pull out of the crash. The plane crashed into a building just past the building I was standing near.
In the neighbor’s yard dream, ( it was the street behind me) I saw the plane up in the sky flying normal when all of a sudden, the plane did a barrell roll to try and turn around I was thinking about whether or not the passengers were rolling around in the plane, when the plane suddenly made an abrupt u-turn and began flying toward my direction. I think at this point I realized that for the plane to do a barrell roll was not normal and meant the plane was in trouble. The plane then proceeded to dramatically lose altitude as it flew, and crashed into my neighbor’s yard. There was lots of schrapnel after that, and I put my arms over myself for protection, but was never hit by anything anyway.
I Goggled this and found an answer below:
Dreaming of Plane Crashes may represent a necessary change, usually in your thinking that allows you to enter another 'plane' of existence--the current 'plane' must crash to allow new freedom of existence. Should this be the case, remember that what always survives the crash is the black box--that part of you that keeps your memories, your dreams, and your soul alive!
A final note about plane crash dreams. Planes involve soaring, of reaching unbelievable heights and travelling at amazing speed. Your dream may simply be telling you that you have the ability to accomplish more than you ever thought humanly possible but the fear of taking flight and going into a place you've never been is overwhelming you. If this is the case, I encourage you to step on the plane, get in that seat, and prepare for the adventure ahead...even if you need a friend to help you do it!
Mmmm, Something for me to ponder about I think!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Dad - My Angel Experience
Trying to write an experience on FB is not so easy as it must be said in 420 words – So I will put it into my blog in more detail.
I was driving to work yesterday ( Monday June 13th) it was raining and miserable and being a public holiday most people were home with their loved ones or families and I got thinking of my dad. It was exactly just as I drove past the Coolangatta airport. I think of dad now and then and as you do, I get all choked up and a little upset but it only ever last for around 30 seconds and then I smile and move on. Well I got to the hospital, and into work I went.
There was only 3 of us working instead of 13 & more due to the public holiday and its like this on the weekends too. So I was put on wash up out the back as I am not a senior yet and unable to operate the big sterilisation machines. But being out the back on your own has its advantages, I get to put my own music station on – triple J, turn it up and dance and sing away while working. It gets my spirit going!
There was a knock at the door from someone out in the corridor, and it opened. A ladies head poked in and said in an accent... “Do you have any Scourers?” I couldn’t quite hear her so I moved closer and she repeated herself... “Of course I do, here have a hand full”. She then proceeded to speak to me about her work and straight away I knew she was Polish, it was like listening to my Grandma, Nanny Choo dads mum, and listening to dad all over again. Oh boy I was tearing up slightly listening to her but I took a deep breath and I smiled so BIG my cheeks were hurting.
I asked her “You are Polish?” she said yes. I told her my dad was from Bielsko Biala http://www.bielsko.biala.pl/eng
but died 5 years ago at 80. She told me she was from this town and then we talked for ages about how I travelled and stayed in Bielkso Biala and had a fantastic experience. She knew straight away and asked “How did you cope with no one speaking English?” I told her I would go to the Hotel President http://www.hotelprezydent.pl/ to speak to the one lady at the desk who spoke English. Everything during the day was by sign language and pointing.
She starting talking about cooking and the food dad use to make or eat like Bigos, Pierogi, Kapusniak, Klopsik, Kluski, Ogorki kiszone. This blew me away! I was in heaven and as you know me, I started talking hundred miles an hour.
She then told me of a little place in Bay street, tweed that sells some ingredients to this food and as a lot of the polish salamis too! And its on my way to work? I will be going there defiantly.
I didn’t want her to go and just listening to her voice gave me a great comfort. But I must soldier on in life and I just thank my Angels and Dad for coming and saying HI! It’s so great to know he is around me and this is only one of 4 experiences I have had since dad died.
Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light and guard, to rule and guide.
I was driving to work yesterday ( Monday June 13th) it was raining and miserable and being a public holiday most people were home with their loved ones or families and I got thinking of my dad. It was exactly just as I drove past the Coolangatta airport. I think of dad now and then and as you do, I get all choked up and a little upset but it only ever last for around 30 seconds and then I smile and move on. Well I got to the hospital, and into work I went.
There was only 3 of us working instead of 13 & more due to the public holiday and its like this on the weekends too. So I was put on wash up out the back as I am not a senior yet and unable to operate the big sterilisation machines. But being out the back on your own has its advantages, I get to put my own music station on – triple J, turn it up and dance and sing away while working. It gets my spirit going!
There was a knock at the door from someone out in the corridor, and it opened. A ladies head poked in and said in an accent... “Do you have any Scourers?” I couldn’t quite hear her so I moved closer and she repeated herself... “Of course I do, here have a hand full”. She then proceeded to speak to me about her work and straight away I knew she was Polish, it was like listening to my Grandma, Nanny Choo dads mum, and listening to dad all over again. Oh boy I was tearing up slightly listening to her but I took a deep breath and I smiled so BIG my cheeks were hurting.
I asked her “You are Polish?” she said yes. I told her my dad was from Bielsko Biala http://www.bielsko.biala.pl/eng
but died 5 years ago at 80. She told me she was from this town and then we talked for ages about how I travelled and stayed in Bielkso Biala and had a fantastic experience. She knew straight away and asked “How did you cope with no one speaking English?” I told her I would go to the Hotel President http://www.hotelprezydent.pl/ to speak to the one lady at the desk who spoke English. Everything during the day was by sign language and pointing.
She starting talking about cooking and the food dad use to make or eat like Bigos, Pierogi, Kapusniak, Klopsik, Kluski, Ogorki kiszone. This blew me away! I was in heaven and as you know me, I started talking hundred miles an hour.
She then told me of a little place in Bay street, tweed that sells some ingredients to this food and as a lot of the polish salamis too! And its on my way to work? I will be going there defiantly.
I didn’t want her to go and just listening to her voice gave me a great comfort. But I must soldier on in life and I just thank my Angels and Dad for coming and saying HI! It’s so great to know he is around me and this is only one of 4 experiences I have had since dad died.
Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light and guard, to rule and guide.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Unconditional Love – A Simple Experiment by DR. WAYNE W. DYER
I would love to share this with you all.... Dr Wayne Dyer is one of my favourite and I own alot of this books.... Enjoy....
There is no greater power in heaven or on earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love. This God force is the oversoul to which we are always connected because we are localized extensions of that force.
I suggest you embark on an experiment in which you practice only unconditional love for several days. Vow to yourself that you will only allow unconditional loving thoughts to emanate from your consciousness. Make an intense proclamation to live unconditional love. During this time, refuse to have judgmental or critical thoughts. In your quiet time, think only peace and love. In all of your relationships, think and act in only loving ways. Extend loving thoughts and energy wherever and whenever you encounter anyone or anything. Become unconditional love for this period of time.
By pouring love into your immediate environment and practicing gentleness in all of your thoughts, words, and actions, your immediate circle of friends will begin responding in a whole new way. This act becomes expansive very quickly and you can radiate this love to your whole community. You become detached and loving toward all. You are not loving the hostile acts of others, but you are loving the spirit that is blocked in those who are harmful and unloving. When you can live this way and reject all thoughts and actions that are not of an unconditionally loving nature, you will experience the essence of your spirit and discover how to overcome limitations in your life.
What can you expect as you practice a few days of being total unconditional love? If all of your meditations are devoted to love, and if you pour love into every single situation and every single person you meet, and beyond that to everyone on the planet and to the infinity of the universe, you will feel yourself becoming a different person. You will sleep more soundly. You will feel at peace virtually all of the time. Your relationships will be more deeply spiritual. You will begin recognizing the “coincidences” of your life with greater regularity. Your thought forms of unconditional love will begin to produce what you desire without your even being aware of how it is happening. Your dreams will be more intense, and the vision of your purpose will become clearer.
There is no greater power in heaven or on earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love. This God force is the oversoul to which we are always connected because we are localized extensions of that force.
I suggest you embark on an experiment in which you practice only unconditional love for several days. Vow to yourself that you will only allow unconditional loving thoughts to emanate from your consciousness. Make an intense proclamation to live unconditional love. During this time, refuse to have judgmental or critical thoughts. In your quiet time, think only peace and love. In all of your relationships, think and act in only loving ways. Extend loving thoughts and energy wherever and whenever you encounter anyone or anything. Become unconditional love for this period of time.
By pouring love into your immediate environment and practicing gentleness in all of your thoughts, words, and actions, your immediate circle of friends will begin responding in a whole new way. This act becomes expansive very quickly and you can radiate this love to your whole community. You become detached and loving toward all. You are not loving the hostile acts of others, but you are loving the spirit that is blocked in those who are harmful and unloving. When you can live this way and reject all thoughts and actions that are not of an unconditionally loving nature, you will experience the essence of your spirit and discover how to overcome limitations in your life.
What can you expect as you practice a few days of being total unconditional love? If all of your meditations are devoted to love, and if you pour love into every single situation and every single person you meet, and beyond that to everyone on the planet and to the infinity of the universe, you will feel yourself becoming a different person. You will sleep more soundly. You will feel at peace virtually all of the time. Your relationships will be more deeply spiritual. You will begin recognizing the “coincidences” of your life with greater regularity. Your thought forms of unconditional love will begin to produce what you desire without your even being aware of how it is happening. Your dreams will be more intense, and the vision of your purpose will become clearer.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
FIND THREE GREAT FRIENDS
FIND THREE GREAT FRIENDS
Cultivating great friendships is one of the surest ways to find more happiness and joy in your life. Recent studies show that those with a wide circle of friends and family live longer, laugh more, and worry less. But friendships, like all other good things in life, take time, energy, and commitment. Having said this, few things will offer greater rewards. As one philosopher wrote many centuries ago, there is nothing in the world more valuable than friendship. Thos who banish it from their lives remove as it were the sun from the earth, because of all of nature’s gifts it is the most beautiful and the most pleasing”.
As I grew up, my father often said that the person with three great friends is a rich person indeed. I have never forgotten this advice and encourage you to take it to heart as well. To build deeper friendships, you must be willing to move out of your comfort zone, break the ice with people you might not know very well, and show sincere warmth. You plant the seeds of friendship; you are bound to receive a rich harvest of great friends. At a party or a gathering have the courage to walk over to someone you would like to get to know better an introduce yourself. Every human being has a deep need for affection, and most people will be delighted you took the initiative. And if they do not respond to you, so what? Rather than viewing it as rejection, see it as their loss and politely move on to the next person who can benefit from all you have to offer.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Norway, Finland, Amsterdam, Denmark
Scandinavia well what can I say..
It is one of the most unique untouched parts of the planet I have ever seen. It is magical, mystical and made me feel so so close to Mother Nature and the universe. If you have read my earlier blog on My Journey from Sprit it explains how I came to travel this country. It was 1998, I was 28 years of age, I travelled from London to Amsterdam to Germany to Norway up the top to ........ across to Finland into Santa Clause Land back down to.... across on the ferry.... to Estonia back to ... and then I flew back to London.
The people and friends I meet along the way will always be with me. As most of you may know I ALWAYS have my video camera or camera glued to my eye, so on this trip, I happened to capture all on DVD.
WOW! I cannot wait to show Kobi my trip. She understands that her mummy has been to Santa Clause land and I have seen Santa and the reindeers who live at ......... and now at her age of 4 she is wanting me to take her to Santa Clause Land now. I’ve told her ‘One day sweetie, I’ll take you’...
I have a ..... calendar on my wall at home and I’ve shown Kobi the months and we point out December and tell her this is when Santa comes down under to visit so we have to wait all the months in-between until he comes.
The trip went something like this: On the bus at 6am travel the countryside stop around 12pm for lunch – Trev the cook would get his set up from under the bus and set it up for lunch, put it away, on the bus until we got to the next town, get out and look around for a couple of hours, back on the bus 3pm, travel to our destination to stay the night. Unpack, set up tents or like myself and others who preferred to stay in cabins (it’s very cold up there) make ourselves at home. Trev set up the cook’s tent and always made the BEST food ever for us all! When we were finished we were in teams of 3 or 4 and helped to wash up and ‘Air Dry’ all the plates.
Play a few games, have a drink and in for the night. Start all over the next day.
I hope one day Kobi gets to travel the world like I did. If it wasn’t for my dad telling me stories most of my younger life about the travels he did when he lived in Poland, I would not have known what laid out there in the big wide world.
It is one of the most unique untouched parts of the planet I have ever seen. It is magical, mystical and made me feel so so close to Mother Nature and the universe. If you have read my earlier blog on My Journey from Sprit it explains how I came to travel this country. It was 1998, I was 28 years of age, I travelled from London to Amsterdam to Germany to Norway up the top to ........ across to Finland into Santa Clause Land back down to.... across on the ferry.... to Estonia back to ... and then I flew back to London.
The people and friends I meet along the way will always be with me. As most of you may know I ALWAYS have my video camera or camera glued to my eye, so on this trip, I happened to capture all on DVD.
WOW! I cannot wait to show Kobi my trip. She understands that her mummy has been to Santa Clause land and I have seen Santa and the reindeers who live at ......... and now at her age of 4 she is wanting me to take her to Santa Clause Land now. I’ve told her ‘One day sweetie, I’ll take you’...
I have a ..... calendar on my wall at home and I’ve shown Kobi the months and we point out December and tell her this is when Santa comes down under to visit so we have to wait all the months in-between until he comes.
The trip went something like this: On the bus at 6am travel the countryside stop around 12pm for lunch – Trev the cook would get his set up from under the bus and set it up for lunch, put it away, on the bus until we got to the next town, get out and look around for a couple of hours, back on the bus 3pm, travel to our destination to stay the night. Unpack, set up tents or like myself and others who preferred to stay in cabins (it’s very cold up there) make ourselves at home. Trev set up the cook’s tent and always made the BEST food ever for us all! When we were finished we were in teams of 3 or 4 and helped to wash up and ‘Air Dry’ all the plates.
Play a few games, have a drink and in for the night. Start all over the next day.
I hope one day Kobi gets to travel the world like I did. If it wasn’t for my dad telling me stories most of my younger life about the travels he did when he lived in Poland, I would not have known what laid out there in the big wide world.
Monday, May 30, 2011
The Essence of Happiness
Now sometimes people confuse happiness with pleasure... from my point of view, the highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of Liberation, at which there is no more suffering. That’s genuine, lasting happiness. True happiness relates more to the mind and heart. Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it’s there, the next day it may not be.
One interesting thing about GREED is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire, you are still not satisfied.. The true antidote of greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn’t matter whether you obtain the object or note; either way, you are still content.
Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the essence of the Buddha’s teaching.
(The Essence of Happiness – Dali Lama – From “A Guidebook for Living)
One interesting thing about GREED is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire, you are still not satisfied.. The true antidote of greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn’t matter whether you obtain the object or note; either way, you are still content.
Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the essence of the Buddha’s teaching.
(The Essence of Happiness – Dali Lama – From “A Guidebook for Living)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
GET GOOD AT ASKING
"He who asks may be a fool for five minutes. He who doesn’t is a fool for a lifetime,” goes the wise Chinese’s proverb. It makes me think I an ad I read in the classifieds recently that said, “To the beautiful woman in the brown suede coat at the chemist at xyz on Saturday, November 28 @ 4pm. You bumped into me in front of the magazine section. I would love to meet and chat”. The man who placed this ad then left his phone number. Destiny had given him an opportunity – possibly to meet the woman of this dreams – and he had squandered it. And now, after regretting the fact that he “did not ask” he has had to resort to placing an ad in the newspaper in the desperate hop of finding this woman.
The more you ask, the more you get, but it takes practice to get good at it. Success is a numbers game. As the Buddhist sages observed, “Every arrow that hits the bull’s eye is the result of one hundred misses”. Over the coming weeks, flex your “asking muscles” by asking for a better table at your favourite restaurant, for a free second scoop at your local ice-cream shop, or for a complimentary upgrade on your next airline flight. You might be surprised at the abundance that will flow into your life when you just ask sincerely for the things you want.
Remember, the person who asks for what he wants at least has a chance of getting what he wants. The person who does not ask has no chance. “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it”.
By Robin Sharma (Who Will Cry When You die?)
The more you ask, the more you get, but it takes practice to get good at it. Success is a numbers game. As the Buddhist sages observed, “Every arrow that hits the bull’s eye is the result of one hundred misses”. Over the coming weeks, flex your “asking muscles” by asking for a better table at your favourite restaurant, for a free second scoop at your local ice-cream shop, or for a complimentary upgrade on your next airline flight. You might be surprised at the abundance that will flow into your life when you just ask sincerely for the things you want.
Remember, the person who asks for what he wants at least has a chance of getting what he wants. The person who does not ask has no chance. “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it”.
By Robin Sharma (Who Will Cry When You die?)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
MASTER YOUR TIME
MASTER YOUR TIME
I have always found it ironic that so many people say they would do anything for a little more time every day, and yet they squander the time they already have. Time is life's great leveller; we all have the same allotment of 24 hours in a day. What separates the people who created great lives form the also- rans is how they use these hours.
Most of us live as if we have an infinite amount of time to do all the things we know we must do to live a full and rewarding life. And so we procrastinate and put the achievement of our dreams on hold while we tend to those daily emergencies that fill up our days. This is a certain recipe for life regret. As novelist Paul Bowles once wrote:
.......because we don't know (when we will die), we get to think of life as an inexhaustive well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.
Commit yourself to managing your time more effectively. Develop a keen sense of awareness about how important your time really is. Don’t let people waste this most precious of commodities, and invest it only in those activities that truly count.
I have always found it ironic that so many people say they would do anything for a little more time every day, and yet they squander the time they already have. Time is life's great leveller; we all have the same allotment of 24 hours in a day. What separates the people who created great lives form the also- rans is how they use these hours.
Most of us live as if we have an infinite amount of time to do all the things we know we must do to live a full and rewarding life. And so we procrastinate and put the achievement of our dreams on hold while we tend to those daily emergencies that fill up our days. This is a certain recipe for life regret. As novelist Paul Bowles once wrote:
.......because we don't know (when we will die), we get to think of life as an inexhaustive well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.
Commit yourself to managing your time more effectively. Develop a keen sense of awareness about how important your time really is. Don’t let people waste this most precious of commodities, and invest it only in those activities that truly count.
GET BEHIND PEOPLES EYEBALLS
One of the deepest of all the human hungers is the need to be understood, cherished, and honoured. Yet in the fast paced days we live in, too many people believe that listening involves nothing more than waiting for the other person to stop talking. And to make matters worse, while that person is speaking, we are all too often using that time to formulate our own response, rather than empathizing with the point being made.
Taking the time to truly understand another’s point of view shows that you value what he has to say and care about him as a person. When you start "getting behind the eyes balls; of the person how is speaking and try to see the world form his perspective, you will connect with him deeply and build high trust relationships that last.
We have two ears a done mouth for a reason: to listen twice as much as we speak. And having the courtesy to be a better listener has another advantage: Since you are not doing all the talking, you are doing all the learning, gaining access to information you would have missed had you been engaged in the usual monologue. Here are a few practical tips to become better at the art of listening:
1. If you are speaking and the person you are having a conversation with has not said something within the past 60 seconds, there is a good chance you have lost her and it’s time to stop talking so much.
2. Resist the temptation to interrupt. Catch yourself just before you do so and pay more attention to the content of what the other person is saying to you.
3. After the other person makes her points, rather than immediately responding with your opinion, reflect on what you have just heard. Saying something such as, Just to make sure I understand you, are you saying.....?" And doing so with complete sincerity will bring you much closer to the people you interact with every day of your life.
(Who will cry when you die - Robin Sharma)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Poem I wrote when Dad Died
FARWELL DAD
(My Dad – Jan Jantzen)
My father was a Master Chef and worked into his prime
He worked hard everyday and night and he was always on time
He walked to work in weather both foul and both fair
He worked long into his fulfilled life until he had white hair
My dad would stand all day and night in front of a hot flaming stove
With pots and pans and food galore,
Thrown around a creation was wove
Bellows could be heard by dad from the kitchen far and near
“Get out of my bloody kitchen – Can’t you see I’m in top gear”?
Flames from the stove produced beads of sweat
But not once did he ever voice any regrets
Into his pan he would create his famous master piece
Then add a bit of this and that which went down like a treat
Then on the plate he would then create this unbelievable dish
This man-made creation right from his hand
Revealed creations so so lavish
He made meals for the public to line up to eat
And every night for us, this was a treat
He also made meals for his family – 3 meal courses
He made meals for all our childhood friends
He made meals that could feed 100 horses
My father raised 2 kids
He shaped them too as the food he did
He moulded them to be generous and kind
Tempered by his love and by his design
He instilled in them a sense of right and wrong
He prepared them for the life ahead and to be strong
He gave to each of them whatever it was that he had
And made them proud that he was their dad
My father worked until the night he fell asleep
And then silence engulfed our little Yamba town - we all wept
The banging and crashing we all got to know so well
Had stopped inside his kitchen
But since I am my father’s daughter, time will only tell!
Give 'em a hug, a great big kiss.
Because one day, he will be greatly missed.
Now I will have to look up at the stars and
say, "I love you, Daddy, more and more each day
For if you keep these moments, you will never be apart
And my daddy will live forever locked safe within my heart.
By Jessica Jantzen
(My Dad – Jan Jantzen)
My father was a Master Chef and worked into his prime
He worked hard everyday and night and he was always on time
He walked to work in weather both foul and both fair
He worked long into his fulfilled life until he had white hair
My dad would stand all day and night in front of a hot flaming stove
With pots and pans and food galore,
Thrown around a creation was wove
Bellows could be heard by dad from the kitchen far and near
“Get out of my bloody kitchen – Can’t you see I’m in top gear”?
Flames from the stove produced beads of sweat
But not once did he ever voice any regrets
Into his pan he would create his famous master piece
Then add a bit of this and that which went down like a treat
Then on the plate he would then create this unbelievable dish
This man-made creation right from his hand
Revealed creations so so lavish
He made meals for the public to line up to eat
And every night for us, this was a treat
He also made meals for his family – 3 meal courses
He made meals for all our childhood friends
He made meals that could feed 100 horses
My father raised 2 kids
He shaped them too as the food he did
He moulded them to be generous and kind
Tempered by his love and by his design
He instilled in them a sense of right and wrong
He prepared them for the life ahead and to be strong
He gave to each of them whatever it was that he had
And made them proud that he was their dad
My father worked until the night he fell asleep
And then silence engulfed our little Yamba town - we all wept
The banging and crashing we all got to know so well
Had stopped inside his kitchen
But since I am my father’s daughter, time will only tell!
Give 'em a hug, a great big kiss.
Because one day, he will be greatly missed.
Now I will have to look up at the stars and
say, "I love you, Daddy, more and more each day
For if you keep these moments, you will never be apart
And my daddy will live forever locked safe within my heart.
By Jessica Jantzen
Books I Love to Read
Excuses Begone! Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
Change Your Thought Change Your Life - Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
Inspiration - Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace - Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield & Mark V Hansen
Who will Cry when you Die - Robin Sharma
The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment - Stuart Wilde
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
The Power of I AM - Johna Maxwell Taylor
You Can Heal Your Life - Louise L. Hay
The Chemical Maze Shopping Companion - Bill Statham
The Essence of Happiness - The Dalai Lama & Howard C Cutler
Ask your Guides Connecting to Your Divine Support System - Sonia Choquette
How to DevelopYour Sixth Sense - David Lawson
Calm Kids - Massage Stories for Children by Tricia Riordan
Change Your Thought Change Your Life - Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
Inspiration - Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace - Dr. Wayne. W.Dyer
Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield & Mark V Hansen
Who will Cry when you Die - Robin Sharma
The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment - Stuart Wilde
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
The Power of I AM - Johna Maxwell Taylor
You Can Heal Your Life - Louise L. Hay
The Chemical Maze Shopping Companion - Bill Statham
The Essence of Happiness - The Dalai Lama & Howard C Cutler
Ask your Guides Connecting to Your Divine Support System - Sonia Choquette
How to DevelopYour Sixth Sense - David Lawson
Calm Kids - Massage Stories for Children by Tricia Riordan
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