Sometimes life just doesn't go according to plan. Well maybe it does but just not to my plan. For instance the charity skydive for Canine Partners didn't happen as high winds interfered with my intention to fall out of a plane while firmly attached to a parachute and an expert parachutist! The cancellation although understandable caused mixed feelings of disappointment and frustration... funnily enough there was no feeling of relief as I had been psyched up for the event!
What did the delay tell me? I think first and foremost it was a lesson in patience and persistence, you know the maxim "if at first you don't succeed..."
Also
it was a huge lesson in dealing with disappointment. On Saturday, I accepted
that the skydive couldn't take place as the winds were fierce. However
on the Sunday when the weather was braw and the wind had died down, my
mood, my emotional state was flat, as I had obviously chosen the wrong
date to fly... or had I?
This week has been about turning around
disappointment to totally accepting that everything for a reason has to
be the best approach to any set back. After all feeling disappointed
about not falling out of a plane... is just plain daft! as I am sure you
will agree.
I will be delighted to recount the experiences of better weather conditions on the next visit to Errol airbase... soon, very, very soon!
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