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Melbourne this weekend – Banff Mountain Film festival – inspirational people

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Don’t miss out on these awesome films about extreme adventures across the globe.

extreme Skiing with massive drops

Everyday we are confronted with challenges and obstacles that limit our ability to continue and move forward. We can either give up or all soldier through with the belief that it can be accomplished. We all have our own mini Atlantic crossings that seem impossible but these film demonstrate what can be achieved if your mind is in tune with the end result. These are ordinary people, no different to the Jessica Watson’s or Susan Boyle’s of the world.

Make things happen, anything is possible.

Jessica Watson an inspirational person

Monday, May 17th, 2010

What an inspirational person Jessica Watson is for her epic journey to circumnavigate the world.
It shows you what a strong belief in yourself can accomplish, a feat many people said wasn’t possible for someone so young or without the necessary ocean experience.

Well with lots of determination and a never give up attitude she successfully completed this amazing journey in 10 months covering a staggering 38,000kms. Against everything that mother nature can conjure up from 10meter seas, 60knot winds, strong currents, treacherous conditions and an early incident with a bulk carrier ship, Jessica’s strength shone through.

What can be achieve with positive thinking

Think about the fatigue involved in being alert for 24 hours a days, every day for 210 days, the physical and mental exhaustion.

The biggest part was the psychological side as the isolation and loneliness at being out of sea without any personal contact for such a long period of time. The other big thing that stops most of us is fear of failure or doubting that we can succeed.

Self belief and positive thinking

In her own words “I’m just an ordinary girl who believes in her dreams, believe in it and work hard”. She is absolutely awesome with such an amazing attitude and belief “proof what can be achieved if you set your mind, anything is possible” She went further by saying that it’s overcoming small challenges and moving in small steps.

It was only 12 months ago that Susan Boyle proved that if you truly believe anything is possible.

One thing that was great was that Jessica craved fresh fruit apart from the usual chocolate requests.

Everyone of us has our own unique journey or dream, for some it’s to be healthier, lose weight and live a better life. If you have the belief system, anything is possible.

Inspirational people Swell season Melbourne

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

The duo Swell Season played in Melbourne this week, these inspirational people highlights how positive thinking can create great things if you truly believe.

If you belive, have positive thoughts, anything can happen

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova came from nowhere to star in a small budget film that went on to win grammy Award for the movie Once.

The most spectacular thing is that Spell Season are not back by a recored company, Tour Company, band Manager or the usual entourage that follows rock stars.
Rather there belief in their music and commitment to their craft has won universal support from their legion of fans around the world.

The Palais Theatre in St Kilda Melbourne was filled to capacity yet from the exterior of the building you would never even realise that they were playing, no posters or signage as the booking for the venue was done by themselves.

Like many things in life, you can achieve whatever you won’t, whether it’s weight loss or achieving a healthier lifestyle, its all about projecting positive thoughts and believing in yourself.

When projecting your thoughts, the energy is projected into the universe and great things can happen. Just before Christmas I was meeting some friends for

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

When projecting your thoughts, the energy is projected into the universe and great things can happen.
Just before Christmas I was meeting some friends for an early morning breakfast at a cafe when I received a call on my mobile that she had a flat pram tyre.

Knowing that I was a cyclist, she thought I may have a pump in the car. Well a person walking past overheard the phone conversation and being familiar with the pram model suggested that she use the pump that was hidden under the main carriage.

The really amazing thing was this was that this was at 8.00am at The Melbourne Tan where apart from joggers there was nobody around.

So who would have believed by just thinking about needing a tyre pump on a subconscious level would attract the right person to provide assistance.
It’s all about having a positive attitude and believing that everything will be ok.

What an Inspirational person who shows the power of positive thinking. June Middleton spent 60 years in an iron lung.

Friday, November 6th, 2009

What an Inspirational person who shows the power of positive thinking.
June Middleton spent 60 years in an iron lung.

We all have moments when we feel life isn’t great but every now and again we get the rare opportunity to meet a person who had such postiveness and a willingness to make the most from life.
June Middleton passed away this week after using the life support of an iron lung for 60 years.

Despite spending 21 hours a day confirmed to the iron lung after contracting polio, June still had an amazing view on life “It’s hard to explain but it’s what you gotta do, make the most of it, get over the obstacles on the way,”

So often we are presented with challenges and it’s all about how you manage these challenges and focus on positive outcomes.
“You realise that things are not going to improve so you have to get your act together and… make the most of it and get on with what you’ve got instead of being miserable about things.”

We all need inspirational people in our lives, no matter what your situation, have use positive thinking.