What a beautiful time we had at the beach - it was so relaxing and peaceful!
Love to All
Rell
Apr 30, 2010
I Love The Beach
What a beautiful time we had at the beach - it was so relaxing and peaceful!
Love to All
Rell
Gone Fishing
Luke just loves fishing. We will have to go back to Gerringong and visit this beautiful little beach. Happy DAYS.
Love To All
Rell
Apr 26, 2010
Nice little story. What’s your path?
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!'
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood
I choose to be in a good mood.'
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or...I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life..
'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'
I reflected on what he said.. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?'
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or....I could choose to die. I chose to live.'
'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked.
He continued, '...the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.'
'What did you do?' I asked.
'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity''
Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live.. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude....I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Great story that I thought I would share with you all. I do believe that attitude is everything.
Hope that you all had a great long weekend.
Love to all
Rell
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!'
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood
I choose to be in a good mood.'
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or...I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life..
'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'
I reflected on what he said.. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?'
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or....I could choose to die. I chose to live.'
'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked.
He continued, '...the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.'
'What did you do?' I asked.
'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity''
Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live.. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude....I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Great story that I thought I would share with you all. I do believe that attitude is everything.
Hope that you all had a great long weekend.
Love to all
Rell
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34
Apr 25, 2010
LEST WE FORGET
Anzac Day always gives me chills. I am extremely grateful for the sacrifice these brave men and women made for us. LEST WE FORGET!!!
Love To All
Rell
Apr 23, 2010
Our Time Away
We decided to take the kids to Dubbo to Western Plains Zoo while they still wanted to go on holidays with us. It was very relaxing and we all really enjoyed exploring the Zoo. I think that my favourites were the giraffes and the meerkats. We were also lucky enough to be there for the introduction on the new baby rhino. He was so cute. He didn't let his mum get too far away from him.
The boys enjoyed staying in the Motel and they loved the spa and the tennis court. We had a really nice break away.
Highly recommended. I would love to go again.
Love to All
Rell
How Am I Going???
A very good friend of mine told me recently that my blog needed some work (OK so maybe she told me that my blog had gone to Shit). She is the one that makes me laugh!!!!! Just wanted to know - how am I going?????
I will keep working on it and in no time I will be up to date.
Love Ya Rell
I will keep working on it and in no time I will be up to date.
Love Ya Rell
Some of My Oldest Friends
On Friday of the first week I caught up with some of my oldest but dearest friends. Mel, Kylie, Kerri, Shell and I had a lovely lunch together. I love these girls!!! We have been through thick and thin together. We have seen each other through heartbreak and celebrated the good times. There is nothing that you could not tell these girls or talkt to these girls about. They are beautiful and my life is so much richer for having them around. You know that if you need a shoulder to cry on you are guaranteed one here. I can not tell you how much they mean to me. They are the angels that walk on earth.
In our circle we have all had our ups and downs and we know that this is the cirlce of life. When one is weak we draw the circle closer and assist until a time that she feels stronger.
Girls I love you dearly - I seriously do not know what I would do without you.
Here's to friendship - go fill the wine glasses up girls and toast to those beautiful women in your life - the ones who get you through.
Love to all the Girls Our There
Rell
Apr 11, 2010
Happy 40th Gina
On the first Wednesday of the holiday we went to have lunch with Gina to celebrate her 40th birthday. We have a relaxing days with the girls from Bonnyrigg and a lovely lunch. We need to do more of this. I really enjoyed the day and sitting around dipping Moet - who can complain????
Happy Birthday Gina Honey - We hope that you had a wonderful birthday as we love you very much.
Love to All
Rell
Apr 10, 2010
Easter For Us
Easter for us was spent with family. We had a lovely weekend celebrating with the Nies crew. We stayed out at Mary's for one night. I don't know what happens but when we all get together we seem to have plenty of laughs. I gave myself a headache from laughing.
We also had some family fun playing football. There were a few crash tackles. A great weekend had by all. We came home late on Sunday night after another yummy BBQ.
Happy Easter to All
Rell
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