Mild and damp, well wet really

Mild morning and wet although the rain had stopped by the time we went out. It seems that lately mild weather includes rain at this time of the year. I prefer cold crisp mornings with a blue sky and the sun. great for smells and helps the soil break down after it's been dug.

Met one of my canine chums yesterday on my walk with D, seems that his boss throws sticks for him and one was a little rotten and splintered in his mouth. Saw the vet as one splinter had got into his gum and turned nasty. Best to throw a soft ball or "ragger" that does not have bits that can stick in our gums.

It's day 15 of the New Years resolutions so how's it going? Boss(he) is looking at getting fitter. But at the moment he is not doing much in the way of changing a habit with another more beneficial one, so he is not getting any fitter. 30 days of consistently doing something different will change a habit or replace it completely. The problem is to be consistent and do it.

This brings me to another problem with humans. They spend a great deal of their time doing things without being truly involved. When you change from doing to being you change your perspective and outlook. One way of doing this is being aware when "doing" say the day job that opportunities to learn something are there every single minute of the working day.

Now I appreciate that if your up to your eyes in debt and working like stink just to live then it's difficult to reflect on being able to learn something every day. Perhaps the first thing is to learn from your mistakes that got you in debt in the first place. Secondly, very important don't blame anyone else for the problems accept that it was your choice. You did not ask the credit card company to give you all that credit, true, But, they didn't make you use it all, you did that. It was your choice.
Lesson learnt is understanding more how credit cards really work and you will realise that you must be their master not slave. If you can't afford to pay the balance off each month then stop using it. Resist the urge to spend on credit. It feels much better to buy with cash knowing that it's paid for, completely.

If you only learn one thing and that is as a human being you are responsible for your actions. Given any situation you have free choice. That free choice may have unpleasant consequences, but it's your choice. Rant and rave at the driver who cuts you up or just ignore it. The reality is it's happened so why go berserk after the event it's pointless and although you get a rush of chemicals coursing through your system it's not doing you any good.

Look out for opportunities today and you may be suprised at what turns up when you begin to start looking. Take care and have a good one.