Wednesday, February 15, 2006





Valentines Day ....

...... for Joan and me was a surprise birthday and Valentines lunch for Jules ......... special big day ............. so me had a glorious lunch with her and Big John in our favourite Italian in Covent Garden - 'Da Mario'.

We had a fab time and talked and talked and loved it loved it

Now I am up too late to face a long 8 hour day which turns into 12/13 with the commute .............. I love my iPod .............. and the reading too.

I have some exciting and stretching stuff ahead .......... I have a week-end to lead with a group of beautiful human women from a tough housing estate ...... I don't know what to do so i will just do it ....... design it and keep plenty of options in the toolbox hey hey.

I also have a conflict course coming up. How to deal with aggro and abuse and ............. it is so easy to the see the behaviour of the abusive human in front of us instead of looking beyond the behaviour.
To communicate to the core of the human is vital and not be distracted by the obnoxious.

And then I have a series of 'The Road Less Travelled' courses to run ........
I have been doing these for 15 years ............ about
'Life Mangement -Assertiveness - Managing Emotions'
- having skills in the toolbox to help self and others to work through this life.

.................. M. Scott Peck, Author of The Road Less Travelled', started his book off with these three words ::

'Life is difficult'


Also exciting is to be flying to Belfast one day monthly to conduct team training and I loveitloveit ..........

Love is been on my mind due to the Valentine thing ..............
.......... and I am aware that you come into contact with Vicky Pollard and her friends .........
......... and there is a need to love her and acknowledge her and ............
............ smile .......
...........so that a human is not left without love and has to experience this sort of thing alone ::


"My father always made me know I was fat.
I could never make him love me.
I decided nobody would love me unless I was perfect.
I felt ugly, as if I was falling down a dark hole."

Jane Fonda
Guardian


How do we do it ........
..............I don't know ........
........ we just do it ....................


but here is a clue ::



"We must not think that our love has to be extraordinary.
But we do need to love without getting tired.
How does a lamp burn?
Through the continuous input of small drops of oil.
These drops are the small things of daily life:
faithfulness,
small words of kindness,
a thought for others,
our way of being quiet,
of looking, of speaking,
and of acting.
They are the true drops of love
that keep our lives and relationships burning
like a lively flame."


- Mother Teresa