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 

Silent River Banquet

Last nights Black Belt promotion was once again very inspiring for me. The lion dance was very well done and had everyone captivated with the performance. I had not seen this particular lion dance before and the switch out of performers got me. 

The video of the candidates performing was top notch and it was obvious that a lot of time and effort went into it's creation.  

It was great to see the expansion into a video commercial for the Silent River web site. Look forward to watching it again.

Everyone that helped out on the floor did great by pulling together and helping out where needed. The saying of "many hands make light work" definitely applies when it came to the setup and take down of the chairs, tables and dishes.  Everyone dug in and made it happen which was great to see.

Looking forward to next year.

Randy Shipalesky