As a career agriculture man, I live and breathe the importance of our 'non negotiable' jobs each day. Every day when we wake up we know there is a list of jobs that simply must be completed; rain or hail, breakdowns or flood, sickness or injury, no matter the resistance the job must be done.... Continue Reading →
When you face adversity weakly, you build weakness. When you face adversity with strength, you build strength. Both are a simple choice that contributes to your foundations. Build wisely. "We don't always get to choose the adversity we face.We do always get to choose how we respond to it."Anthony Dyson
I took the chance to jump into a body of natural cold water with a friend of mine yesterday and it's always such a great experience. It is one of my favourite training arenas so I'm always grateful to share the experience with other people. There's a special power in large bodies of water, especially... Continue Reading →
"Our character won't stand strong in the storm if we haven't sat in the rain." Character needs to be developed to be available at the time of need and we get the opportunity to do this hundreds of times per day, every time we pick the right thing over the easy thing. You know it,... Continue Reading →
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." Carl Jung I was going back through my journal tonight for some ideas on what to write and came back across this quote and my thoughts on it. "This is why self-awareness is so important. It has to... Continue Reading →
"When it all gets a little fast and confusing, when my mind is swirling, I try to just focus on one thing to do well." I've been struggling a bit lately. I feel like I have a thousand things on the go and like I'm not really moving forward with any of them. Just kind... Continue Reading →
"I gain so much from the process of writing" This was one of the thoughts to myself while writing a daily journal entry in the last week. It was a cool moment where I was completely lost in time researching an old quote so I could grasp a better understanding of it while constructing the... Continue Reading →
How can I help Amy more in this tough time? What extra support and help can I give her when she asks for advice? It's no surprise that the already super tough parenting gig got that little bit tougher in the Pandemic. Our youngest, Hazel, has been a handful for these first few months and... Continue Reading →
Do the hard things before the hard things are necessary. It's a sentiment that's easily ignored, or even just flat out unknown, in relatively comfortable times, but then the big bang happens. Our big bang is Covid-19 and if you haven't trained yourself for a moment like this then you likely struggled a little... Continue Reading →
Times are tough and weird and strange. Good... Then we will work harder. That's all you can do. That's all I can do. No matter the circumstance, the only way to move forward is to work hard at what you need to. Nothing else works. And just for clarity, hard work doesn't mean burn out... Continue Reading →
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