Category: Blog posts

  • Find The Gift

    When life throws you lemons, make lemonade (or tequila slammers, depending on your preference!). It’s an old cliche, but a good ‘un! Sometimes life throws stuff at you that sucks, situations that are painful, people who are prats (!), shocks and awful news. That’s life. Last week I talked about playing the best you can…

  • Let Joy Be Unconfined

    I was just sent this quote in an e-mail from Lisa of Beach Dance: On with the dance, let joy be unconfined! – Mark Twain Not a bad motto to live by, say I! May joy be unconfined in your life tonight! Love Donna.x

  • Wading Uphill Through Treacle…

    …with steel boots on. Ever feel like that? I posted on my Facebook page earlier that when you feel that way it is time to stop, refresh, take off the steel boots and find a way up the hill without the treacle! Try this: how can this be more easy? How can this be more…

  • Play The Hand You’re Dealt

    This last week in the UK, we’ve been getting all politically excited with the election, the hung parliament, and the deals being done. Of course, I too have a political opinion. But mostly, I’m just going to play the hand I’m dealt. Whoever ‘got in’ as Prime Minister. Whoever has control of the government, I’ll…

  • I Get Knocked Down…

    …But I get up again. Nothing like a bit of chumbawumba on a wednesday! Lol. Much as I detest the song, I like the sentiment. I get knocked down, but I get up again. A Japanese proverb says it best “Fall down 100 times, get up 101”. This last week I have been being knocked…

  • Dance, Dance Wherever You May Be

    Yesterday I received this post from 1000 Awesome Things about Dancing when you’re home alone. It really made me laugh because I do this DAILY. Without the wooden spoon or special attire, I am ashamed to admit. When was the last time you did this? And what song did you do it to? This week,…

  • Drop The Pressure

    Do you ever find yourself getting incredibly grouchy? Irritable? Impatient? Even evil? A short fuse is a key indicator of stress, but we often blame the weather, tiredness, PMT, and sometimes miss the fact that actually, we are under a lot of pressure. All too often, this pressure is entirely self-inflicted – the only person…

  • If You Could Do It All Again

    You may have seen this poem, it does the rounds on e-mail occasionally. This week, a friend sent it to me and I read it again and once again realised how wonderful a philosophy it is: IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax, I…

  • Mastery is Not About Perfection

    Following my blog post yesterday about success, someone sent me this quote: “We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It’s about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and…

  • To Succeed, Be Willing To Lose

    I received an e-mail from The Simple Dollar this morning containing this “The best thing you can do if you want to succeed at anything is to not care about losing. And you probably will lose – a lot.” I want you to read that again. And again. And again. Because what stops most people…