Just a quick post about happiness. You get more of what you focus on, so stop worrying about what might happen and focus on solutions instead. Think about it – when did worrying about something actually make it any better?
“If you are depressed, you are living in the Past. If you are anxious, living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the moment.” ~ Lao Tsu
Did you know that in dream symbology, an arrow can mean messages, a messenger, writings, or victory over one’s enemy?
This is the second in a series of 3 blogs about the transformational day I took part in back in October 2014. The first blog post was about how missing out on one of the challenges was actually a really good thing, and caused me to vow to be first in line for the very next challenge. You can read it here.
So you’re joining me just as the trainer Steve was about to announce the next exercise. We were waiting with baited breath as he said “You’re all going to break an arrow with your throat!” What?
An arrow.
With my throat.
Nope, not happening.
Photo by Lis McDermott
I invited Narjas to write a post for my blog because I think the ‘problems’ she talks about are not that unusual. In fact, I would go so far as to say that most of you will identify with at least one aspect of Narjas’ story. This post originally appeared on her own blog here and you can find out more about the graphic design work Narjas does by checking out her website iNKLiNGS.
Over to you Narjas 🙂
I know it might sound a bit dramatic to say that taking part in a firewalk changed my life, but it’s true. Every day I’m discovering more things I can do now, that I found difficult or impossible before. This blog post is part one of a 3 part series about one short day that changed everything.
It all happened just a couple of weeks ago, when I went along to a one-day event aimed at overcoming fears and challenges. The event was organised by my friend John Denley and was called Breakthrough UK 2014 – the name certainly turned out to be very apt.
I learned loads throughout the whole day, but definitely the most valuable to me were the two physical challenges: arrow breaking and the firewalk. There was another challenge too, a walk on broken glass, which I didn’t take part in. Strangely though, not taking part taught me something too. Continue reading