Committment

I’ve started to take that first step :-) I realized this weekend that I need to engage a life coach for my own personal growth, for two reasons:

1) because there are areas of my life that need development, and areas where I need to find a balance and I know a life coach can help me find that
2) because if I truly want to become a life coach myself then I want to know how it works and I want to know how it feels to be the person being coached.

With that in mind, I’ve spent the last 2-3 days researching different life coaches. I’ve emailed the ones I thought looked promising and have arranged free complementary calls with them, either to talk through what coaching with them will entail, or to actually experience a sample coach session for myself. I think this is going to be really interesting and I’m really looking forward to finally getting my life in check and starting to make a real difference in all the areas of my life. My first call is this weekend, so I hope that will go well.

Other than that Ramadan is continuing to go well. It’s now the 7th day and it feels like we’ve been fasting for ages! But I’m more used to it now and all the headaches, etc. have disappeared. Even the hunger pangs don’t really hit as strongly anymore. It’s all part of the disciplining I guess. The more you work at something, the easier it becomes. My parents fast twice a week, every week of the year, and so Ramadan is not hard at all for them.

Another interesting thing I wanted to write about… My mother, kind soul that she is, is working with my dad and her sister to set up an orphanage in Dar es Salaam, East Africa. My parents are from that side of the world, and they know of a lady who is looking after 100 orphans by herself, without any monetary or government aid. So my parents are working on building them a brand spanking new home to live in, with lots of space and facilities. My husband and I will be creating the website where people can learn more about the project, follow the blog and donate. I’ll post the link once it’s up and running. I’m really proud of my mum and the things she does. It takes a lot to do the things she does, to help people simply from the kindness of her heart, and she inspires me even more to want to help people. When she wants something done, she is so passionate and persistent in it, and she always manages to motivate other people to take part and to see the task through to the end. Now there’s a true leader.

Quote of the Day

"Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day."
— Arthur Gordon