My children have had such a good week. Matt and Luke scored deciding goals in their hockey matches. Matt went on to score a try in a rugby match, and then another two goals in a further hockey match. It is amazing to see the confidence and enthusiasm that success on the sports field brings back into our home. Not to be outdone, Isabella can now fly down our hill on her plastic pink bike, all 20 months of her beaming in delight.

But it has been better than that. Luke has suddenly found his pleasant self, where he talks nicely, thinks about others, and even remembers to do some of what he has been asked. A revolution in our home!

Donna and I tried to figure out the driver of the big change. As a parent, this one learning would have massive potential! One possibility seemed to revolve around him being allowed to play maths games on my phone. I had downloaded the games in an attempt to make maths fun and change his attitude towards the subject. Who knows, a side effect may have been a complete change to his overall attitude.

In complete contrast, Matthew has found his core grumpiness. One can see him trying to battle for control. Food and sleep are sure fire ways to get him back to his energiser self. We did wonder if he made a swap with Luke, a bad attitude for a little of the good stuff!

As a result, Luke and I are having a boy’s night out with one of his friends. I am looking forward to our time together, the two of us, in my black beast, a road trip, time with mates, a sleep over, and a long trip home past heaps of surf spots.

Matt is having a weekend away with one of his best friends. I not sure Donna is as excited to spend more time as just the girls!

Synchronicity

There are few days when everything in life merges perfectly and result in a synchronous experience!

I know that these written snippets of my life often harp on about surfing and skating. They are of course, important forms of exercise, relaxation, and surges of unfiltered adrenaline, for me! So please bear with me once again...

Any sportsman or passionate enthusiast out there will know that sometimes in life, it all just comes together. For a surfer, it means the right offshore wind or no wind at all, the right swell direction, and the right swell size that combine to create smooth or glassy waves. Add to that some bright sunshine and you have perfect conditions. The only lacking factor is a surfer equipped with the right attitude and a little skill!

My surfing life has never known all of that to come together and yet last weekend it did resulting in a surreal and magical afternoon surf. For more than two hours, four buddies swapped waves and hoots of laughter as we played and played and played. This was the session of my life!
Thinking about it all, I realised that my good old wooden half pipe, yes the one that still scares me to death, has given me skills and confidence that I once could only dream about. Funny how I can be scared and yet still regard it as my best friend! Actually I think I am falling in love with that wooden wave in my garden!

Strange how sometimes everything in life is just aligned and one operates in this state of flow. Unfortunately I cannot control all of the factors in life, but I can bring my attitude and the talents that I have been blessed with to the party. I sincerely believe that with the right attitude, one can do absolutely anything. Without it, you are doomed to fail no matter the talents, the income, or the fun!