Enjoy the ride

Now, I'm not a big roller coaster fan but Matthew and Amy love them.

Yesterday I had one of those moments of realisation as I sat on a Coaster waiting to be launched around the track.

I had the power to choose whether to get on the coaster or not! I had chosen to get on because I wanted to be part of the family fun. In the past, once I had made the choice to get on, I sat in dread every moment of the ride.

That's when it struck me, I could also choose to enjoy the ride, I was choosing to hate it even though I had committed to going on the journey.

The only thing stopping me enjoying it was the story I was telling myself about how much I would hate it.

I changed my state of mind and relaxed. For the first time I really enjoyed the ride!

For years I have hated these rides because I felt I was out of control. Suddenly I realised I am in total control of my state of mind.

Thinking this through I realised that this is true for everything in life, we decide to commit to things then spend our time worrying about the decision rather than enjoying the experience.

Enjoy your ride

Mark


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Enjoying my Family

We are currently on a Family Vacation in Florida enjoying the Easter School holidays with our two teenage children.

Orlando has been a favourite destination for our family over the past 12 years as it has something for everyone and satisfies Matthew and Amy's need to be doing stuff all day long.

We haven't been here for the past 4 years so we were both excited and uncertain about how our now teenage children would enjoy it.

It has been fantastic so far, it has brought many happy memories back to us and we are enjoying all the big rollercoasters we were too nervous to ride in the past!

It has been very different though. Our children are no longer surprised about what's around the corner and they now know when they have had enough.

We had a great chat last night in the hot tub and we all agreed that the most important thing about a vacation isn't the destination it is about spending good quality time with each other, something we forget to do when we are home!

Enjoy the Easter holidays!

Mark




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Location:Langham Dr,Davenport,United States