One Second
Spare a thought for those who lose their loved ones as a result of road accidents. I live in Cairns, far north Queensland and we see too many families left in despair as a result of the tragic loss of life on the road. I, like many others wonder what can be done to change this. Take a look at the following message and then visit the website to see what one person is doing. There you can also read the story of one woman, whose life changed in just one second. Think about this – all it takes is just one second.
Just One Second of thought could save a life.
You may never know who’s life you save,
But you will know you haven’t taken one.
Safe drivers are life savers.
Join the thought wave…
One Second for Blogging
One Second for life.
Bundanoon Makes a Difference
Seemingly small actions can make an enormous difference as the current decision by the small town of Bundanoon shows. The people of Bundanoon have become outraged by a proposal to tap a water source in that community, truck it to Sydney, bottle the water and sell it back in Bundanoon. Last night they voted in favour of banning bottled water from being sold in their town. Brave move and possibly a world first. Go Bundanoon!
The domino effect is now in action with the NSW Government making a decision to stop buying bottled water. What is the next effect?
Someone must have set this ball rolling, maybe after a discussion with like minded people, the thought energy started to flow and more like minded people became involved. This action serves as a timely reminder that anyone can start a great idea, especially if there is a bit of public outrage around at the time. Hopefully more and more people will see this as an opportunity and do what they can to support this action and also to see that one person or one community can make a difference. Fantastic leadership that the townsfolk of Bundanoon are showing and their decision has hit the networks all over the world.
Sunday Morning Special
Sunday morning is a special time for me – I read the Sunday Mail. This is made more special to me because I do not read, listen to or watch the news because I simply refuse to load up my life with the negativity that is the news. Instead I research things that I am interested in, read books that cause me to question, enjoy time with my family and the gorgeous Miss Elly (our dog) and watch the occasional TV eg Random Acts of Kindness. So Sunday is a day that I celebrate with a paper and what do I read? body+soul, Escape and the cartoons. The cartoons of course give me a laugh, body+soul offers good websites to increase my interest in new and exciting things and I can feed my dreams to travel.
This Sunday morning, body+soul had a great article to makeover your health. And I especially liked point number one “Are you having a good laugh?” Apparently a really good laugh relieves stress and relaxes your muscles. There you go, I knew that Sunday morning was special. That is when I get my laughter fix from the crazy cartoons. The article says that even anticipating a laugh can boost feel good hormones – so basically the whole week is good for me while I anticipate my Sunday morning fest. Recommended action; go to a comedy club, rent a funny movie or get together with friends who make you laugh.
Incidentally point four is to socialise more, so socialising with funny people has you two steps on your way to a big impact on your health. So from now on I might have to declare Sunday morning as sacred, for laughter only. Happiness and pleasure is everything in life.
UNESCO Peace Week
Peace Week, commemorating the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace, is being celebrated in Cairns from 23 to 31 July. Peace Week is intended to build compassion and understanding in the community with a theme for this 9th Annual event being “Peace Starts with Self”. There are a number of events on catering for all tastes and for further information on the list of events go to the Cairns Events Calender.
Additionally, I cordially invite you to the following event:-
International EXPO Monday 27th July, 2009. 12:30 – 6:30 for Book Creators Expo and Peace Week Launch. Public welcome.
EVENT LOCATION – Mercure Cairns Harbourside, Blue Mango Terrace entrance Esplanade – Cairns. All welcome to celebrate “The Message” of peace with guest speakers, Sydney writer James Knight and local Innisfail writer Jacque Duffy, and the writers and local businesses on Book Creators Circle. Come spend a relaxing afternoon networking and celebrating. Please pass on to your contacts and feel very welcome to join in the launch of Peace Week, to support our international writers and businesses or to drop in after work.
Emotional Freedom for Success
The Sunday Mail today carries an interesting article about Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and the application of this to overcome food cravings, depression, anxiety and emotional issues as well as to achieve career success. This technique was developed by Gary Craig and pioneered in Australia by Dr Peta Stapleton, senior lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland. Dr Stapleton used the techniques to treat people with bulimia and anxiety. Her recent research shows that after use of the technique all people in the trial reported that their food cravings disappeared. Very powerful. This modality is based upon the meridians of acupuncture and uses a tapping technique while thinking and speaking of the negative emotion that one wishes to clear.
Anyone working on self development will know that managing emotions is one of the most important and sometimes most difficult actions to master. Staying in a state of happiness and holding a positive attitude is always a challenge, particularly for those who may work in a highly negative environment or have a life history of being pessimistic. EFT is one possible solution.
Not only is this technique available widely from a number of qualified practitioners, but it can also be learned from the manual available from Gary Craig’s website. I am sure that the generosity in making this information available in such a way will return tenfold to Gary Craig. Once learned, the technique can be used at any time, anywhere and it is entirely possible to hold yourself in any emotion that you choose. What a bonus!
From the perspective of success, I use the technique to assist in embedding my positive affirmations. First I can clear any emotional blockages and then establish the affirmation. Now there is a very powerful tool for personal development.
