The Real 12 Days of Christmas
Part of our Christmas tradition is to listen to Frank Kelly’s version of 12 days of Christmas – it never fails to make me laugh, and my dad cry…with laughter. ENJOY!
Love
Donna.x
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Living Life With Passion
October 30, 2009 by Donna
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When you think of Loving Life, what comes to mind?
When you think of Living Passionately, what comes to mind?
When you think of Living Joyfully, what comes to mind?
It is my humble opinion that life is to be lived and loved, passionately, fully, joyfully. For too many of us, we don’t. Love of life, passion and joy are things we don’t even think about. Well, this weekend I have a mission for you – start falling in love with life, living passionately and joyously. How? As ever, one step at a time. Answer the questions above – what comes to mind…and what can you do this weekend to start falling in love with life, living passionately and/or living joyfully?
I see you having a weekend full of love, passion, joy and laughter.
Love
Donna.x
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Energy First, Action Second
October 15, 2009 by Donna
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While I’ve been tingling, I’ve noticed more than usual that when my energy is really low it takes me 100 times longer to do things…and often the things I do manage to do are not usable. For example, despite the 2 week break in blogs, I did actually write a few blog posts. Sadly they were utter rubbish! My energy was so low that my creativity just disappeared. And instead of inspiring, fun, interesting posts that will help you live a joyful life…they were the very opposite.
It’s not always practical to not do something until your energy is high and happy – life doesn’t stop just because you’re not feeling tip-top…but if you make your energy level a priority, you will reap the rewards – as will your friends, family, employers, clients. Here’s the scale I work by: 1 is flat, apathetic, can’t be arsed energy; 10 is WOOHOO, life’s amazing, bouncing around energy.
Where is your energy right now on a scale of flat to woohoo? (or 1-10) My assertion is that if my energy is less than a 7, it is an utter waste of time me doing any work because it’s rubbish! As I say, sometimes this isn’t practical, but many times something can be done to raise your energy level – self care, having a laugh, fresh air, exercise, music, focusing on the life you want, time with friends who raise your energy, sleep, star jumps (my old house mate used to do this, I thought she was nuts at the time, but I’m coming round to her way of thinking!)…and many more.
So, if your energy is less than a 7 right now, what can you do to raise that energy? Today. Leave me a comment and tell me what energy-raisers you have used and how your energy is right now.
Love
Donna.x
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What Are You Leaving Behind?
September 15, 2009 by Donna
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Think about the last 24 hours of your life – where have you been? What did you leave behind? For example, I visited my yoga teacher and left behind a bag of damsons (which was a good thing!). I met friends in the pub and left laughter (because I was so tired I thought someone’s t-shirt said “bee taster”…it was actually “beer taster” D’oh!). I went to the shop and left money and a smile.
I think I have mostly left every part of my world better because I was in it this last 24 hours. That’s not always the case. Sometimes I can leave behind sarcasm, irritation, mess! But if I think about it, I’d rather leave the world a better place behind me than a trashed, insulted, shouted at and hurt. How about you?
Love
Donna.x
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Giving Me Good Vibrations
June 23, 2009 by Donna
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Woo, I’ve been feeling GOOD these past few days – I’m cheerful, laughing easily, happy, delighted with life…and the outer circumstances of my life have not changed one bit. So it’s not a new bloke, or a brace of new clients, or 1000 sales of my ebook, or any other outside influence. It’s pure bliss, joy, fun, love of life! And it’s wonderful.
We’ve all felt these ‘good vibrations’ where you just feel GREAT (sometimes for no reason!), but for some reason we seem content to just allow the good vibrations to happen when they will, and the rest of the time just struggle on through life the best we can. Well, let me ask you what you think would happen if you made it your life’s work to feel amazing, connected, joyous, blissful, delighted?
It’s something I try to keep in the forefront of my mind. Sometimes, PMT and rain intrude and I simply forget that my dominant intention is to fall in love with my life, but then sometimes I get a run of days where I just feel WONDERFUL! Over the past few days, these are a few things that have helped me ’stay connected’:
There’s probably much more, but you get the idea – now it’s your turn. What gets you in a Good Vibration? And are you going to make it a priority to fall in love with your life?
In Bliss and Love
Donna.x
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Friday Fun: The Queen
‘Do you think the Queen’s ever pulled up the bedclothes and gone to Philip, “Look, I’m a stamp”?’ – Russell Howard
Genius!
If I’m ever featured on a stamp, I will!
Have a laughter-filled weekend!
Love
Donna.x
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Waking Up From the Dream
May 26, 2009 by Donna
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I was reading a blog post from break the illusion last week about the idea that life is but a dream that we wake up from when we ‘die’. I like to think that when I wake up from this dream, I’ll be really laughing at how seriously I took myself sometimes…and when I think that, I remember that my sense of humour, ability to love, and ability to find joy are my most important qualities.
Love
Donna.x
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Striving For Perfection
April 6, 2009 by Donna
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Are you striving to be ‘perfect’? Do you insist that you never ever make a mistake, get something wrong, cock up? Will you accept nothing less than perfection from yourself?
High expectations are all well and good, but not when they come at the expense of your peace of mind, your love of yourself, your joy in life. Most of us are much harder on ourselves than we would ever be on someone else, and by having absurdly high standards, we can really make our lives miserable.
By all means be the best you can be…but get there by having fun, by enjoying the journey, by striving for joy and laughter. You might be astonished to find that you are more likely to meet your high expecations if you apply some encouragement, support and laughter to your life. And hey, even if you don’t, you’ll be having fun!
I doubt that you will get to the end of your life and say “I wish I had been even harder on myself and made my life a misery”. No, you are much more likely to say “Why was I worried about never failing – I wish I’d been more laid back, had more fun, laughed more”. Why not pre-empt that life-end statement and get on with the serious business of being laid back, having fun, and laughing a LOT?
Love
Donna.x
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Video: Playtime!
When was the last time you went out to play? When was the last time you laughed so hard that your cheeks and sides hurt? Could playtime move up your priority list, just a little?
http://www.youtube.com/donnaonthebeach
Love and Laughter
Donna.x
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What Does Your Inner Child Need Today?
March 24, 2009 by Donna
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What does your inner child need from you today? Mine is always asking for more playtime, more fun, more laughter…and more sweets. She’s a lot wiser than me, I do need more playtime, more fun, more laughter…but maybe not more sweets! Ask your inner child what she needs from you today, and make sure you give it to her.
Love
Donna.x
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