31st
May 2014
We all
should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand
that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their
colour. Maya Angelou
Well that
was the best sleep ever – well maybe not ever, but it was 9 hours I badly needed! I’ve felt really tired the back end of this
week and yesterday I truly needed some rest, I struggled through my mornings
work, ended up leaving some of it for this morning because by noon I just
couldn’t think straight, too many hours worked over the last few weeks, need to
reset that balance!
Like so
many of us, one of the main side effects I suffer from when tired is hunger, I
just want to eat, I sat resting yesterday afternoon, constantly thinking, “I
could just eat…..” how I didn’t I really don’t know, I kept reminding myself
how I didn’t want to undo all the effort I’d put in over the last 7 weeks, I
may not have lost lots of weight but I’ve been losing, not gaining and that’s
what’s matters. I’ve been eating healthy
and feeling well and that’s more important than anything. This reminder somehow helped me through the
day, I had toast and satsumas for breakfast, I’d forgot to defrost the chicken
for my curry so we had egg, chips and beans for lunch – some would say my
subconscious forgot on purpose because I really didn’t fancy standing in the kitchen
for an hour! For tea we had hotdogs on
Weight Watcher petit pains and onions fried using my WW oil spray, I served it
with some salad leaves to try and aim towards my five a day and it did the job,
fast food without the junk. When I got
my lobster hands later in the day, I opted for a homemade bowl of popcorn, and
then we had a much needed early night.
We watched
‘Life of a King’ yesterday with Cuba Gooding Jnr, it was very good, well worth
a watch if ever you get the chance, it was just one example of someone making a
difference to other people’s lives! Obviously
yesterday was all about Stephen Sutton, an incredible young man who made so
much difference to other people’s lives and will be remembered as a courageous
amazing human being. I was listening to
Angelina Jolie earlier in the week on Radio two and she said something when
asked about her humanitarian work that stuck in my mind, “if you don’t live a
life of use to others then you really don’t have much of a life.” I think she
makes a good point! We lost another
amazing lady this week Maya Angelou, one of her quotes was “I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel.”
Just a small example of a few amazing people, none
of whom had an easy life, so did the difficultness they experienced make them
the people they became or was it just the way they chose to handle those
difficult times – was it their attitude that made them who they are? I think everyone knows Stephens story, maybe
not so much Maya’s - she was raped at the age of 7 by her
mother's boyfriend who was then murdered by her uncles. Angelou felt
responsible for the death, and she was mute for five years. Somehow she got over that and became a truly
inspirational lady! They say what doesn’t
kill you makes you stronger don’t they!
It’s like failure, when you fail do you give up or do you try again? Here’s a few examples of famous people who
failed but didn’t give up;
- Einstein wasn’t able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would “never amount to much” (ooo I have something in common with Einstein, I had teachers that said that to me too!)
- Steve Jobs – At 30 he was left devastated and depressed after being unceremoniously removed from the company he started.
- The Beatles were rejected by Decca recording studios who said “we don’t like their sound – they have no future in show business.”
- Oprah Winfrey was demoted from her job as a news anchor because she “wasn’t fit for television.”
- Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper for “lacking imagination” and “having no original ideas”.
- Michael Jordan – After being cut from his high school basketball team, he went home, locked himself in his room, and cried.
I bet we’ve all locked ourselves in our room and cried at some time
haven’t we, do we give up or do we get up and carry on, after all failure is an
integral part of success they say!
So whatever your age, wherever you are in your life right now, in the
words of Maya Angelou, that wonderful inspirational lady, “You may encounter
many defeats, but you must not be defeated.”
Always BeYOUtiful. xx
