Saturday, 29 October 2011
Day 59: Stranded
Stranded in LA. Could be worse.......Is there a right and wrong re the current dispute. On the one side you have a large company that has run rough shot over it's employees and is currently resourcing overseas pilots and maintenance contracts. Not to mention a rather substantial pay rise and bonus given to the CEO of that company for a rather poor performance in managing a company which is losing money, losing money on the sharemarket and has very poor people skills. The flip side, a bloody minded union fighting for what they believe is right. Good pay for fair work, keeping an Australian icon Australian and fighting for what Australia was built on " the god given right of any Australian to be given a fair go"...That seems like I have chosen sides, well I have. The CEO created this dispute to force the hand of the government to intervene and stop further industrial action. Wouldn't of been better to maybe addressed the problems that exist and work out a plan that was common to both parties......Don't give in boys......
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Day 57: Home
I fly home tomorrow.......I have had a great time met some unique people and reacquainted myself with some old friends. Most of what I blog are just random thoughts and feeling that I have. I use to bottle them up, become frustrated and fly off the handle about them......Now that I am heading home, I'm not sure what the next thing I want to do is. My residency is finished apart from my articles, and I could just quite easily slip back into that same old routine again. I think not.......What I have learned: say "YES", Yes to the next challenge, yes to opening yourself up to the world no matter how hard and "NO" to all the things in your life that will weigh you down.
Here's my take and everyone is different. I'm 38, single, I don't want kids and I won't apologize for how hard I work, I drink too much and have a dark sense of humour. If you accept me for who I am that's fine...If you don't "fuck off", I just don't need you in my life.........
The poet Maya Angelou once wrote
Here's my take and everyone is different. I'm 38, single, I don't want kids and I won't apologize for how hard I work, I drink too much and have a dark sense of humour. If you accept me for who I am that's fine...If you don't "fuck off", I just don't need you in my life.........
The poet Maya Angelou once wrote
"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. "....................
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Day 56: Balance
So here is the thing, I was bought up in a family that worked hard. My dad held three jobs and my mum was a collector for a pathology company. You could say that this work ethic runs in my blood. I don't want to, can't or am unwilling to switch off. You decide......I can see the flip side, you have to make time for family, to have one etc but it's just not me at the moment nor do I ever think it will be me.
So the obvious question, Do you regret it or are you nuts ? The truth, is yes there are some points at which I think I am going to be old and alone one day and have nothing. These times are few and far between but when they are there I can't help think what if ? However, I have an overwhelming desire to do what I love and what makes me happy. The truth is my chosen career makes me happy. I don't think that I will do the same job forever and I think that I will continue to reinvent myself in my chosen craft to keep it a challenge......Someone once wrote
" To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire."........................What I will say is that I am in bewildered awe of someone who like my friend can managed three children under seven, have a career, and still be happy. I just can't........
So the obvious question, Do you regret it or are you nuts ? The truth, is yes there are some points at which I think I am going to be old and alone one day and have nothing. These times are few and far between but when they are there I can't help think what if ? However, I have an overwhelming desire to do what I love and what makes me happy. The truth is my chosen career makes me happy. I don't think that I will do the same job forever and I think that I will continue to reinvent myself in my chosen craft to keep it a challenge......Someone once wrote
" To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire."........................What I will say is that I am in bewildered awe of someone who like my friend can managed three children under seven, have a career, and still be happy. I just can't........
Monday, 24 October 2011
Day 54: Friends
Friendships are the most important things in the world. I have been very fortunate in life to have developed friendships that have stood the test of time. I'm not sure why, but there is something about seeing old friends and then just picking up where you left off. Time and distance do not seem to matter. The difference is that we are now older, I have lost more hair and there are a few more wrinkles and some greying has started.
However, a close friend reminded me that you don't necessarily have to talk all the time to each other but these friendships have to be a two way street. If only one person is doing all the work then it is not truly working the way it is suppose to.
Robert Hall once wrote "A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. "
They don't necessarily have to be old friendships to be valued either. I like the thought of sitting down and be able to talk with a person and then time just slips away in a matter of minutes.........A true friend for me is one who expects nothing, judges not and is just a presence in your life.......
However, a close friend reminded me that you don't necessarily have to talk all the time to each other but these friendships have to be a two way street. If only one person is doing all the work then it is not truly working the way it is suppose to.
Robert Hall once wrote "A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. "
They don't necessarily have to be old friendships to be valued either. I like the thought of sitting down and be able to talk with a person and then time just slips away in a matter of minutes.........A true friend for me is one who expects nothing, judges not and is just a presence in your life.......
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Day 52: Mind, body, soul
Kind of a deep heading. The truth, all of us are guilty of attraction of mind, body and soul. It may be on one level or all three levels or even two of the three levels. The most confounding factor to this attraction on whatever level it is, is the timing. Often it is all wrong and nothing we can do will solve that problem no matter how much we want it. It's happened to all of us at one time or another and the test is whether to act on this attraction or take the road less travelled.
Cicero once wrote "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.”
The trouble is the heart wants what the heart wants, we seek each other out because something is missing and sometimes people just click................
Cicero once wrote "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.”
The trouble is the heart wants what the heart wants, we seek each other out because something is missing and sometimes people just click................
Friday, 14 October 2011
Day 43:
Throughout the last few months people have tried to tell me who I am and what I am going through. My only words are "DON'T"... I know me better than anyone else. I know what I am thinking and how I am feeling. Just because you are my friend don't assume that you know every intricacy of me or my life. I am not nor never have been an open book to read......Travel has been good for me. Because it has highlighted major flaws in my character and allowed self analysis.....The truth is I don't need anyone to point them out to me.
Albert Einstein once wrote "When we judge another person it says nothing about that person, it only says something about those that do the judging."
Accept me for who I am not who I could be or who you think i should be.....And please don't tell me what I should think or should be thinking. I am quite comfortable making up my own mind about the things that occur in my life or are happening in my life........
In other words DON'T ASSUME anything about me. Accept me for who I am.........
Albert Einstein once wrote "When we judge another person it says nothing about that person, it only says something about those that do the judging."
Accept me for who I am not who I could be or who you think i should be.....And please don't tell me what I should think or should be thinking. I am quite comfortable making up my own mind about the things that occur in my life or are happening in my life........
In other words DON'T ASSUME anything about me. Accept me for who I am.........
Monday, 10 October 2011
Day 40: Human nature
I am never surprised with human nature anymore. I used to be because I thought everyone thought the way i did. I was very wrong. I have learnt very difficult lessons in the last 6 months about trust, respect and friendship. I started this blog because I wanted to travel in the hopes that I could purge and cleanse, both at the same time.
As time has moved on I have discovered that all you are in control of is yourself and that you can not foresee what people will do or how they will behave. The truth is you have no control. All you can do is surround yourself with people that you believe to have a good heart and nature.
Fortunately I have come out on the other side of my lessons with my health, dignity, or what's left of it, and sense of humour(or be it a little darker these days).......
Covey once wrote re human nature:
"Seek first to understand and then to be understood. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand: they listen with the intent to reply. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives."
So what do I know about human nature. Absolutely nothing..........I can only comment on myself and myself alone. I do not judge, or critique because I am not a perfect person and I am not you..........
As time has moved on I have discovered that all you are in control of is yourself and that you can not foresee what people will do or how they will behave. The truth is you have no control. All you can do is surround yourself with people that you believe to have a good heart and nature.
Fortunately I have come out on the other side of my lessons with my health, dignity, or what's left of it, and sense of humour(or be it a little darker these days).......
Covey once wrote re human nature:
"Seek first to understand and then to be understood. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand: they listen with the intent to reply. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives."
So what do I know about human nature. Absolutely nothing..........I can only comment on myself and myself alone. I do not judge, or critique because I am not a perfect person and I am not you..........
Monday, 3 October 2011
Day 34: Music for the soul
During one of the quiet times today I got a chance to think about the blues and the fact that I really do identify with this music. It's not the main stream crap that is on the radio but the old shanty's that have been set-up in the south where the fishmonger and the pastry chef, after they finish work for the day, come and jam and sing the "Blues". It's a way to vent and get it off your chest and be creative in the way you deliver your message. This week the locals are taking me out to see these. Granted you need a personal escort to these places as they are not for tourists and they are in the rougher areas.........But seeing as I'm in Louisiana and I love the Blues I'm up for it. Just said "yes"...........Hopefully will get some good footage and listen to some great music with good company at the same time.......
Day 33: Southern hospitality
Somebody once said you can surround yourself with as much technology as you want but the personal experiences that you have are what really make you happy. I agree with this whole heartedly. The reason ? How can you know if a person is interested in what you are saying or if you have their full attention if they use technology. This was highlighted to me today when I went to a french quarter picnic at an old plantation mansion. First let me say that BBQ's in the US are different. No boardies or thongs at this event. However, those were the only drawbacks. The people and the company great to say the least with that true southern hospitality. Yes it really does exist...........
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Day 32: Mall rats
So one of the movie trilogies I watched growing up were chasing Amy, Mall rats, and Clerks. I decided today that I simply must experience the mall in America amongst other things. Let me say right now WOW !!. The Mall of Louisiana is to say spectacular at the least. The Americans just have a way about customer service that makes us seem like mere amateurs to say the least. No problem is to much and they make you seem like you are their only customer and it's all about you. Granted I am an Aussie and there was a factor of wow your from Australia but they did it with everyone......
The other thing is, choices. I am not known for being a very good decision maker but given the choices over here I just don't think I would be able to cope.....There are brands everywhere..... Some I have heard of others not........I am in awe to say the least.....
The other thing is, choices. I am not known for being a very good decision maker but given the choices over here I just don't think I would be able to cope.....There are brands everywhere..... Some I have heard of others not........I am in awe to say the least.....
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