Depression

For those that are down and out and suffer from depression, one possible way to help yourself is to follow the plan in the book called "A Course in Miracles". A lot of depressive states come from bad programming where you engrain negative thought patterns into your brain over time. To turn this around you have to retrain your brain and that is what this course is about. As with everything that is worth while it takes time for change so be patient. If you open yourself up for change and follow along, even if you don't believe, the results can be miraculous as the book's title suggests.

There is more info and an online course available at

http://www.acim.org/

Good luck

Sifu Randy Shipalesky

Not to be underestimated

I would like to pay tribute to all the people in their senior years out there that are putting in the effort to become more physically fit. I find it inspiring to see the drive and effort some have to get out there and get active and especially those that are pushing past a disability.

This past winter I met a  gentlemen, while walking on a local fitness track, who must have been in his early 70's . He was quite friendly and we started to talk as we walked together. I explained to him as we walked that I needed to stop and do 50 pushups as I was doing a 1000 pushup challenge and I had about 300 more to go. To my amazement he said " that sounds good I will do some with you" then I started thinking this guy was walking like he may have had a sore back and if he goes down what is it going to take to get him up again. I was soon humbled as this man went down and started pumping out  pushups like a machine. Once again I was reminded never to underestimate someone.

My hat is off to those that are putting in the effort.

Randy Shipalesky

Where do the balloons go

It was my 5 year old daughters kindergarden graduation last week and there were gifts and balloons given out. When we were leaving one of the childrens balloon got away on them and floated up and away. My daughter then came out with the words "the coral reef will be dead tommorrow". I had a little trouble putting the two together. It turns out that she was studying coral reefs in school and learnt that a lot of balloons that are released end up in the ocean and can harm the coral reefs. I had often wondered where weather balloons ended up. I guess it is very possible that a high percentage end up in the ocean and cause harm to fish that support the coral reefs.
What impressed me about this is that environmental awarness is being taught in the schools and the kids are thinking about it.

Randy Shipalesky

Small talk

It has been a reasonably good week. Found that getting some pushups done shortly after getting out of bed helps motivate me for the rest of the day. Seems the longer I wait in the day to start the pushups the harder it is so a routine in the morning will be the answer to a long term plan.

Our company had our annual golf tournament which involves a lot of small talk and being the chatty person I am  I talked constantly all day long. Right, if you know me you know that is not the case however I am getting better and did have a really good time.

A tense week coming up at work with having to do some conflict resolution with an Oil Company relating to this past winters work. It can be a challenge at times to keep emotions in check and remain professional. I will have to remember to pack my sparring gear.


Thats all for now.

Randy Shipalesky

Down but not out

 

It has been a while since my last blog entry and  I don’t really have a good excuse. I think the biggest resistance is that I do not see value in it or at least not yet.  It could be argued that , how can you see value in something if you are not doing it. So in trusting in the same wisdom  that guided me to my black belt I am committing to continue forward  blogging on a weekly basis.

 

I have fallen behind on my UBBT requirements and recalculating to see what the new daily commitment will be to complete. I will not be able to complete one or two  of the items that I had listed which means a failure however what is important to me is to develop the routines that will carry me beyond the 13 month commitment.  I see the core items for me being the pushups, sit ups and running along with good eating habits. Being part of the group is also important which is something I definitely  need to work on.   Sorry guys, my time and thoughts have been consumed by business. Every time I hear the word BALANCE it echoes out to me and is a reminder that work should not consume our lives. I have learnt a new word called “delegate” and it seems to be helping.  

 

I attended the Master McNeil healing seminar last Friday and was very impressed with the knowledge that this man has. He speaks with ease and is very interesting to listen to. Hopefully he will join us again.

 

Until next week

 

Randy Shipalesky

Mental attitude

Looking back to the Chinese New Year and the 1000 pushup/situp challenge, I really did not know how I was going to complete the task. With a heavy work load that day it seemed like it was going to be impossible. As it turned out  I ended up completed 80% of the challenge prior to starting work and the remainder on washroom breaks during the day.  What really surprised me though was that I ended up achieving more on this day than pretty much any day I can remember and I put it down to the mental attitude. I had an attitude of determination and taking instant action. Now if I could do that everyday......

Randy Shipalesky

The moments that matter

With work consuming my time and my thoughts it was great to take a day to spend with the family and be reminded of the moments that matter. Sometimes I forget that it is the simple things that bring me the most joy and I should work to live and not live to work.  It seems that todays society is in a big rush to gain all this wealth which they believe will bring them happiness or buy things that will make them happy. It is this attachment to "things" that keeps us from the happiness we seek.

Having trouble with finding the right words to finish this Starbucks has come to my rescue.   While I was writing this I started reading "The way I see it #198" on a Tai Chi Latte and this is the quote:

" You can shower a child with presents or money, but what do they really mean, compared to the most valuable gift of all - your time? Vacations and special events are nice, but so often the best moments are the spontaneous ones. Being there. Every moment you spend with your child could be the one that really matters." 

Thank you Starbucks 

Randy Shipalesky