Calanna's Blog: AUGUST 2013 - Words of Wisdom from Mario

Hello Club Members,

The second half of 2013 is rapidly disappearing. More are more people say they are “busy” and do not seem to have time to “smell the roses”. The situation is summed up really well in a phrase I heard during the week:

“Running around like embattled foxes with their tails on fire”

So many things conspire to steal our time. And in the course of daily life, lead to poor health (physical and mental), poor family relationships, deferred exercise time and poor productive outcomes - in all areas of our lives. Added to this is the search for the required “dopamine hit” through a “quick fix” and “the desire for peace and happiness”.

So many decisions and opinions are “made on the run” with little thought, understanding or reasoning. The results – in the main – are uninformed, provide little help in planning our day and generally lead to more negative challenges and more decisions made on the run. The result – we continue to “light our tails” and “run around like embattled foxes”.

As humans - we are endowed (Divinely may I say) with the gift of reasoning. We are able to speak, to listen, to see, to hear, to read, to discuss and to make choices about our own day.

We can plan our days. We can reflect on our days. We can adjust our activities. We can choose who we associate with. We can choose what we watch and what we do.

When a “drama” occurs to disrupt our day – we can choose—how we will act, how we will handle the challenge and who can help us if we require.

I am grateful to the many people on a weekly basis – who provide me with support, advice and ideas to reduce the number of times I light my own tail. They reduce the times I run around like an “embattled fox” and help me to focus, accept and make logical decisions.

Remarkably – these choices of behaviour have their basis in – humility, forgiveness, patience and carefulness.