Everything Can Be Achieved With Practise
Thursday...
I arrived at Victoria station before 7.30 am - it was very quiet; The throngs would be arriving soon...
But I was going the other way, heading out of London town, into the country, down to the seaside...
I texted my friend Rob to let him know I was on the '7.47', and just after 9.15 I walked out to the 'pick up point' at Eastbourne station and there he was! We made our way, chatting animatedly all the way, to his office at the university.
Jim joined us at 10am and after catching up and chatting seem more for awhile, we all headed out onto the downs, as we have always done...
Yesterday morning I was running around Trent Park with Anadi in London... It felt a bit like time travel, here I was back on familiar ground with my friends, who I have circled the downs with for years and years and years.
We had lunch too... A delicious, relaxed, 'laughter filled' lunch in Rob's beautiful kitchen. We sat at the table looking out through big French Windows; suddenly we saw two woodpeckers on the lawn...
This is the message they brought us...
If Woodpecker has come knocking…
It is time to really pay attention because opportunity has come knocking along with the woodpecker. It is signalling you that great changes are happening in your life and it is up to you to seize the moment. Whether it is the renewal of an old project, the finishing of a new project or simply a serendipitous meeting with someone in your life. Whatever way you perceive it know that the door is wide open for you right now and that success is yours for the asking.
I like this message, and I will take heed!
Friday...
The day dawned sunny, with bright light Spring in the air...
I could hear the familiar sound of seagulls squawking... I drew back the curtains in my hotel room, and watched as they they looped the loop.
At 7.20am I jogged down to the Congress Theatre where Fi and I always met when I lived here... Soon she came around the corner and I smiled a lot as she ran and jumped in the air for a photo! And I went running with Fi, like I have many times before - all along the seafront, and we ran like we had just met last week...
I love coming back to these beautiful downs, but more than that I love coming back to my friends.
I was staying at the DaVinci hotel and was given a lovely room to work in, spacious and still... All day long I saw my clients, and did what I do and I was very happy there...
Saturday...
I am back in London with Anadi, it feels like I have had a mini break on the Sunshine Coast...
I journeyed back by train and was thrust suddenly from the seaside air, right back slap bang into the middle of London.
I love the magic of journeying, The change of state it swiftly brings... This morning I was running on the downs with Tim and his little spaniel Poppy - and just twelve hours later it is like my whole life has changed...
Tim and I had arranged to meet by the cafe by st Bede's school at 8am... There he was, and we set off around the hollow into a brisk Grey day, with swirling wind, that whipped around; the sea beside us with dancing waves, white and frothy... And up the hill we ran...
The miles passed with ease, and we talked about attachment and love, about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and education... But the main news of our run is that Poppy's 'crossing the road very obediently' trick is much improved...
She had responded well to Tim's persistent training....
I noticed a huge difference from just 6 weeks ago when we last ran together.
Demonstrating that...
Everything can be achieved with practice...!
