Edition 321 Monday 07/03/16
Hi,crikey what an action packed roller coaster first week of
Autumn at 48! Our dear Harry Jones was diagnosed with a large tumour and went
under the knife to emerge 4 hours later larger than life (thank goodness).Yours
truly stressed everyone by picking up a bug in the pool, hit the wall and slept
for 12 hours with ‘man symptoms’. Back up and at em and setting a blistering
pace on a blistering day to take out the much sort after/highly competitive
push chair section(self proclaimed) in the Auckland Round the Bays with FJJ firmly
in control at the helm!
Fletcher
reckons;we were clear winners as he navigated his way skillfully
through the 50,000 plus crowd and urged his aging/fading Father past every
other push chair he could hunt down ahead!!!
Then as I was enjoying a well deserved beer it started
tasting of tears as I had to endure a complete form reversal by the ‘new’ Blues
I talked up last week grrrrr(I did say long suffering fan!).
Well Harry made it and this veteran Round The Bays athlete
made it…………….so I reckon I deserved a
well earned beer after the week that was!!
Looking ahead to our 2nd wedding anniversary next
week and plenty of new challenges and opportunities for all……have an awesome
week……………Cheers Jonesey!
Harry and the Hendersons reckon Harrys Mum and Dad almost
needed medical assistance too, her, as she waited for word from the theatre and
him, paying the Vet bill!!!
“The
best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Gandhi
Our Toastmasters Club recently sponsored the formation of a
new club in South Auckland.
Amazingly the Pacific Island Community of Mangere and
surrounds didn’t have a club of their own!
Some distinguished and motivated Toastmasters from other
clubs got together and changed that.
Slowly but surely the locals showed interest in getting
involved and turned up to some demonstration meetings .
From this the word quickly spread and before long there was
enough people interested and committed to be able to form a club.
The Pacific Club was born and has quickly grown into an
official Toastmasters Club.
Until last Tuesday I had followed their progress through
members of our club who played an integral part in the formation and set up of
this club but had not had a personal exposure to them.
That all changed on Tuesday when I had the great privelege
and pleasure to meet a couple of the founder members at our club meeting and I
was blown away by their passion and hunger.
Passion for the Toastmasters organisation and hunger to learn
more and be better at every facet of communication and leadership.
This outward display of emotion from them inspired and
uplifted me. It gave me a great deal of pride in the organisation and refueled
my passion and hunger to be better and to achieve more.
I was reminded why I do what I do and how important it is to
do it.
There is no substitute for the look and feel you receive from
someone who is genuinely appreciative for your assistance and guidance.
I always wanted to be a Teacher,it is my happy place so when
I feel I am adding value and assisting others at Toastmasters or anywhere else
it adds value to my life too.
We all need to find that happy place because when we do we
will be assured it is a place where we are at our best for ourselves and
others.
If you are prevented for whatever reason from doing this then
you must identify where the roadblocks are and remove them……don’t delay this is
critical to personal and work fufilment.
Go for it!
“Self
confidence is the best outfit,rock it and own it.”
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