As you probably know, I’m a great fan of Youtube and I find some of the videos of people demonstrating their talent and commitment to their craft quite fantastic.

Watch as Danny McCaskill demonstrates his ability on a bicycle to ride and jump on a huge variety of things around the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Here’s to your commitment to your own hopes and dreams and realising them.
Chris

These beautiful images of waves were taken by Clark Little whom many consider the premier photographer of surf.  He has dedicated his life to photographing waves and has published a selection of the best images of his career.  Below he captures magical moments “inside the tube”, as surfers say.

Now I find these pictures a wonderfully different perspective.  Taken ‘inside the tube’ of the wave.  Enjoy for no other reason than they are great shots.

Chris

Sun . glints off wave
Clark Little/SWNS

Sand . in surf
Clark Little/SWNS

Tubular . shining
Clark Little/SWNS

Beach . surf crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS

Molten . liquid gold
Clark Little/SWNS

White . tumultuous water

Splash . stunning shot
Clark Little/SWNS

Red . mysterious shot
Clark Little/SWNS

Break . wave crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS

The See-Through Sea Shell

I was talking to a friend the other day and they made an interesting observation to me that I thought had great parallels with how we live our own lives.

Did you know that a rocket ship uses the most energy when it is off course? It has to fire its thrusters for a period of time until it get backs to its main line course when it can turn them off again.  When it is on track and cruising it is expending the least amount of energy

This seems like a huge parallel to me in our lives. When we are in our ‘flow’ life is easy.  Things just happen the way we want them to and life is fun.  When we are ‘off course’ and out of our ‘flow’ everything seems difficult and it can be a struggle to just get up in the mornings.  It’s a useful analogy for us to remember about whether we are living our true purpose.  If life is flowing and things are happening easily and naturally it’s a high likelihood that we are on purpose (on course). If, however, everything seems to be going wrong, we are getting frustrated and life is hard then chances are we are not on purpose.

Think about it next time you find yourself in this position and perhaps it will give you the impetus to fire the rocket boosters towards something more appealing.

Here’s to finding your flow!

Chris

I learned recently of the passing late last year of one of the great motivational speakers Charlie “Tremendous” Jones.  Charlie was famous on the motivational speaking circuit for many years with his humour.  The world is a poorer place for his passing but a much better place for the contribution that he made to so many people whilst he was alive.

I thought you might enjoy to see some footage of the great man at work.

He had some fantastic one liners such as:

“Nothing Works…” and “Life Is Tremendous”. Charlie believed in humour as a way of bringing joy and also in educating others.  As he said “Learning to live begins with developing positive attitudes and your inner vision”.

And most famously he said “You will be no different in five years from what you are now, except for the places you go, the people you meet and the books you read”.

RIP Charlie.  You will be missed…but your memory will also be treasured.

Here’s to your success and to more people like Charlie

Chris

My friend Ian sent me the pictures below.  Hope you enjoy.

Here’s To You!!

Chris