Power-Ups

"And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in."       HARUKI MURAKAMI   It has been a brave journey and you have claimed your reward.  All that is left at this point is to return to your ordinary world. On return to your ordinary world, it is evident that you are not the person you were when you left.   You’ve been strengthened and shaped and moulded by your journey.  The New World is now a terrain you know well and have positive experiences with.  You are now a duel citizen,  able to live in the old world and live within the new. When I was looking at going overseas for the first time, I certainly felt like the ‘new world’ was unknown.  I was a little nervous and not sure what to expect.  But the more we ventured...

“Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.” ―  Colin Powell Driving a car looking in the rearview mirror is a recipe for disaster. Likewise, driving backward or reversing is dangerous. It is important to work on changing the directions of the front wheels and the back wheels will follow. Imagine you are about to go on a road trip from Western Australia to Sydney.  You have packed the car and filled it with petrol and you and your passengers are ready to head off. You have chosen to start this trip of an evening so that there will be less traffic on the road. You have many decisions to make regarding your trip. The first thing you need to think about is what setting you to have your headlights: 1) Sometimes we have our headlights turned off and we can’t see the road or we get off course or hit a roadblock. 2)  Sometimes we have our lights on low beam, so we can see a little way ahead, but it is a slow journey and we don’t see all the s...