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Hello and welcome to the
July
edition
of Instant Calm
This month "J" is for Just Do It! |
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The Nike advert encourages us to ‘just do it’. However we are often reluctant to do this particularly if it is something new or something that takes us out of our comfort zone.
It is easier to stick with what we know even when it doesn’t make us happy.
Sometimes we are afraid to just go for something not so much because we fear failing in the attempt but because we might succeed and what might happen then? Fear of success can often cripple us into inaction. For instance we can stay in a job we no longer find fulfilling, that is sapping our energy because it is what we know.
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It takes courage to ‘just do it’.
We can start in small ways with small goals and then, encouraged by our success, try bigger ones. |
This Christmas my niece is getting married and like most people (perhaps I should say most women!) faced with a wedding invitation I immediately thought about losing a bit of weight. I decided that I would this time ‘just do it’ and I joined a gym called Curves. I am now going 3 times a week and as it only takes 30 minutes I can go do my session, and get back and get on with the rest of my life.
I also started to take a mineral supplement, Garcinia Plus. You take these capsules half an hour before meals and they stop the munchies! The combination of more exercise and the Garcinia has resulted in me already losing an inch from my waist!! I started the plan on 17th June so in less than a month I have seen a noticeable difference.
That small step has encouraged me to take some bigger steps and make changes for the better in my life. I have decided to take a holiday in August. Self employed people often find it hard to take holidays as when we aren’t working we aren’t earning. But this year I have decided that a couple of weeks off away from the phone and email will do me good. So there won’t be a newsletter in August – the next one will be in September.
Have a wonderful summer and see you in the autumn.
‘If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.’ ~ Buddha
As we are focussing on the letter ‘J’ this month I thought we could have longer joke than usual. Enjoy!
A normal 50 something, having split from his latest girlfriend, decided to take a vacation. He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore.
| In disbelief, he asks, 'Where did you come from? How did you get here?' She replies, 'I rowed from the other side of the island. I landed here when my cruise ship sank.' 'Amazing,' he said. 'You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you.' 'Oh, this thing?' explains the woman. 'I made the boat out of raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches, I wove the bottom from palm branches and the sides and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree.' |
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'But, where did you get the tools?' 'Oh, that was no problem,' replied the woman. 'On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into ductile iron. I used that for tools and used the tools to make the hardware.'
The guy is stunned. 'Let's row over to my place,' she says. After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a stone walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in blue and white. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck.
As they walk into the house, she says casually, 'It's not much but I call it home. Sit down, please. Would you like a drink?' 'No! No thank you,' he blurts out, still dazed. 'I can't take another drop of coconut juice.' 'It's not coconut juice,' winks the woman. 'I have a still. How would you like a Pina Colada?' Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they have exchanged their stories, the woman announces, 'I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There is a razor in the bathroom cabinet.'
No longer questioning anything, the man goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism. 'This woman is amazing,' he muses. 'What next?' When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines, strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias. She beckons for him to sit down next to her. 'Tell me,' she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, 'We've been out here for many months. You've been lonely. There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been longing for?' She stares into his eyes.
He can't believe what he's hearing. 'You mean...', and he swallows excitedly and tears start to form in his eyes.........
... 'Don't tell me you've got Sky Sports'
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• "J" is for
Just Do It
• Tales from a desert island
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