News
& Views by Kim Davis
Can it really be the third week of October already? I can't
work out what happened to the rest of the year! I'm sure we just had Christmas
the other day. (For those of you who don't have children, let me explain that
they really make the time gallop away!)
We here in
East Texas are still having lovely warm days with cool nights, and the leaves
are still on the trees. This is not strange for us, since we rarely get any prolonged
period of beautiful autumnal reds and golds. Here, it goes from green to brown
overnight. We never know when to expect it - we just walk out one morning and
winter has arrived.
The Most Fertile Patch
I was admiring my disorderly flower beds this morning and
reflecting on something I heard at a Permaculture Workshop one time...
"The
most fertile patch of ground in your garden is always the patch just outside your
kitchen window..."
Live Fast, Die Young? Do
I have to?
Can't you live fast and die old?...
Name
the Problem
Have you ever noticed how the key to solving a problem is
naming the problem?...
The value of a haircut
I have a long lost friend coming to visit next week, and so I went in for a haircut
and a few strategic highlights. I don't go often, as evidenced by the fact that
I did not know that my hair dresser lost her husband back in July. What a shock!
She's a lovely woman, my age exactly. Her husband was just 48 and dropped dead
completely unexpectedly from an aortic aneurysm. I had no idea that this poor
sweet lady had just reopened her business after a long grief break...
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Our
Feature Article, You Never Know, comes from Helaine Iris,
and I hope it will inspire more than just me with the suggestion that perhaps
we can do more than we have been led to believe...
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This
week's Question is from a person seeking work with horses.
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The Contacts & Jobs department has a selection of cruise
ship jobs, jobs in the Caribbean, and Caretaker's jobs, as well as links to some
good solid job banks.
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Want
to submit an article? Read the guidelines at: www.kpdavis.com/submission_guidelines.htm
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Enjoy
some changing leaves for me, please! - Kim ;-)
Feature: You Never Know
by Helaine Iris © 2003
“Why
not go out on a limb?
That's where the fruit is.”
- Will Rogers
I was following my usual morning routine.
Wake up, brush my teeth and sleepily stumble down the stairs to my office to check
my email. I often wake up looking forward to the day and excited to see what has
transpired in my world while I was asleep.
Sitting
at my desk scanning through my typically loaded inbox, my eye came across an email
from “O, The Oprah Magazine”. Oprah? I thought, “no way.”
My first reaction was to assume it was spam, heaven knows I get enough of it.
Reading further, I realized it was a good thing I didn’t hit the delete key.
Apparently,
one of their feature editors came across a recent article of mine. She was requesting
if “O” could publish it in the December issue of the South Africa edition.
I was stunned!
It took me a minute to realize the
email was for real then the reality began to sink in. I felt an enormous wave
of excitement begin to build. Me published in Oprah? Wow.
I
immediately picked up the phone to call a friend to share my excitement. After
sharing a few wahoo’s together she reminded me of something about myself
I’d completely forgotten. A mere eighteen months ago I thought I couldn’t
write.
I was looking for a way to build my business
and my coach suggested writing and publishing articles. I bristled at the suggestion.
“I am NOT a writer” I retorted,” in fact, I hate to write”.
English was definitely NOT my strong subject. I can vividly remember agonizing
over school reports. I remember once, years ago, I wrote a business letter and
my husband asked me if English was my first language.
Now
here I was sitting with an invitation before me to be published in “O”
Magazine. I thought about how far I’d come.
What
possible incorrect assumptions do you make about yourself? What are the things
you’re afraid to try because someone once said that you weren’t good
at it?
Having the courage to try new things can feel
risky, yet the rewards can be enormous. Here are some thoughts to consider that
might uncover a diamond in your rough.
1. Make a
list of all the things you think you can’t do or someone told you you weren’t
good at. Most people can find this easily in the artistic realm. How many people
are told in grade school that they can’t draw or sing?
2.
Ask yourself if it’s true that you aren’t good at whatever that might
be or if you have simply “bought” someone else’s opinion.
3.
Think about what would happen if you could do those things? Would this be joyful
and open up new potentials in your life?
4. Take
a deep breath. Experiment. Take a baby step and give one of these a try. What
do you have to lose?
5. Then, seek unconditional
support. Find someone in your life that will support your efforts no matter what
and be an accepting and appreciating cheerleader.
What
turned it around for me was the advice I got from my coach. She told me to forget
about “writing” and to just tell my story. Write to one person and share
what’s in your heart. Suddenly, the words began to flow. The positive feedback
I then received encouraged me further and new worlds have opened up as a result.
Now I’m wondering about that second grade teacher
that told me “girls don’t need to be good at math”.
I
wonder…
It’s YOUR life…imagine the
possibilities.
Helaine Iris is a certified
Life Coach, writer and teacher that loves her life. She works with individuals,
and self-employed professionals, who want to thrive in their business while crafting
a life that's in absolute alignment with their highest ideals, deepest values
and gracefully masters the complexities of modern living. For a solution focused
complimentary session visit her website http://www.pathofpurpose.com or call her
603-357-8546 or email her at: helaine@pathofpurpose.com
Q & A - Horse
Jobs
Hi Kim,
I
finally stumbled onto the right site.
I have an MS
in Equine Nutrition, a MS-Phd (not yet defended but all the work done) in Dairy
Biochemistry and Ruminant Nutrition.
Looking for a
Barn Manager position, lower level teaching equine with living quarters or Calf
raising with option to buy in? Maybe?
I have Crohn's
and people look at me and won't hire me. I write articles for mags and give nutritional
talks
Not affiliated with any company.
Sincerely,
E. F.
Hi E.F.,
I don't know if you have
this yet, but in the interest of giving you some places to begin looking, here
is what I have in my data base for folks hunting horse jobs:
Jobs
with Horses
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