My Novel

Well this is my first attemp at writing a novel. I am sure that I will need to rewrite many parts of it.

The aim of this novel is to show you that life is not bad for the majority of people in Canada. I wuld not dare to say the world. the thing is when you talke to most people they seem to be not happy. Either they don't like there job, house, car, spouse or some other aspect.

Let me let you in on a fundamental truth in life. The key to happiness is very easy and within reach of everyone. All you need to do is be happy. That's it, i fyou believe you are hapy they you are happy. It's that easy.

Now lets tak e alook at my journey to happiness.....

RULES to Live By

Don't Procrastinate
No Regets
No Fear
Be Yourself
Say No Sometimes
Take Care of yourself
Love
Live
Always be Nice
Be Happy
Do on to Others as you would have other do to you.

LIFE LIST

Life List

run a marathon
be a great dad
be a great husband
finish house reno
complete a tri-athlon
bike cabot trail
run all legs of cabot trail relay
read more
watch TV less
Be finicially stable
be more helpful
give more
take less
Be Happy
Try new things
Paint a picture
Write a book
plant/harvest a veg garden
learn new things everyday
get stronger
get faster
swim more
plan things better

Biking in March

Today I went for a Mountian Bike ride. Earliest I have ever been out for a new biking year. I went with my oldest son Tony (18). The temp was 7 deg c when we started. It was 6 deg c when we stopped. We went to Sydney River behind the Carmichael drive area. It is a bunch of single track trails that are pretty cool. The first part was very muddy with snow and ice. then we got to the wooded section there was mostly packed frozen ice snow from snow mobiles and 4 while bikes. it was fun and different to bike on this surface. All told we biked for about 1.5 hours.

Zoho Notebook

Zoho notebook is awesome. It allows to to work just like working on a piece of paper except you get to add all kinds of rich content like rss feeds, sound, video and files.

Sleep

How I love getting a full night of restful sleep. But alas, it does not always happen. I am lucky in that I can usually fall asleep in a few minutes. But I sleep lightly and wake up many times during the night. I also don't dream much, which I take is a sign of not getting that good deep sleep that is so helpful in restoring your body. I also don't get enough sleep lately. I tend to be up till 11:30 or 12:00 and then have to get up for work between 6:00 and 6:30. So at most I am getting is 6 hours of sleep a night which does not seem to be enough for me.

Worry

If you can solve your problem,
then what is the need of worrying?

If you can not solve it,
then what is the use of worrying?

Shantideva


I believe worrying is of no help. It does not change the outcome, it does not make something go away or to come back. It is just a useless waste of time and energy.

Food

Food is an essential part of life, we can not live without food. But the food most of us eat is garbage. We eat so much junk that we have no idea how it will affect our lives and our health. We need to clean up what food we put into our bodies. Would you put added ingredients into your cars gas tank if these additives where know to take away gas mileage, damage your engine and cause unwanted problems down the road. No, I think not. Then why do we do it to ourselves.

Feelings

I believe in being in control of how you feel. And being able to control what you feel in different situations. I believe no one can make you feel anything, you choose how you are going to feel in any situation. This is a very hard concept to get your mind around but when you do, things will start being a little clearer. I believe if I can fully incorporate this into my daily life and not have to remind myself of it all the time I would be a much better person.

Fun

In striving to be happy one has to have fun. Laugh, be silly, let go a bit and just loosen up. Enjoy what you have and have fun with the people in your life.

Fitness

I believe to be fit you have to be healthy or fit in many ways. Not only does fitness apply to ones physical appearance but it should also apply to ones emotions and sprituality. To become truly fit one has to work on all three aspects. In other words Mind Body and Soul.

Faith

Faith does not mean orgaized relegion. Of course it can but I believe it does not have to. Faith to me means knowing that there is a higher power, a god. Accept this with all your heart. Faith also implies a trust in others. One must and has to trust others even when they let you down.