I was saddened just about to the point of tears on hearing of Neale Danihers passing.  Rarely have I seen someone face something so terrible and final with such courage.
One of the things that impressed me a lot was his attitude.  It was not so much a matter of accepting without a fight but accepting something that came his way uninvited but with a readiness to fight it.
He was a former player and then coach of AFL.  As a coach he had many good motivational sayings but to me there is a huge difference between saying good stuff in the fight of life and good stuff in the fight for life.
The one that impresses me most at the moment was his saying “when all is said and done more is said then done.”  I honestly do not want to be like that.  It is so easy to make promises in the emotion of the moment and forget about them when they are bothersome and inconvenient to the moment.
Probably no one else is like me in that sometimes it is a relief that another has not taken me up on “if there is anything I can do just let me know.”  Ok that is not always the case, but it can be.
Of late I have not been well.  Ok I was not dying but I did feel like withdrawing from activities and keeping a very low profile.  There can be a time for that.  But I did feel big time that it was not all about me and I wanted Merril to be able to enjoy some of the things we normally enjoy together.  So I made adjustments and we have not missed a thing.
Why bring that up?  Because I genuinely feel that right decisions now make future right decisions easier.  To me life is not about doing what is right only when I feel like it but doing what is right because it is right.  That may be a learned skill, but I reckon it is a skill worth learning.

Well yesterday was fairly typical of a free meal day at N3C in that at first I wondered how many would turn up as it seemed real quiet.  As usual it turned out I need not have concerned myself as so many people arrived. 
In fact I would say it was probably our biggest day yet.  Extra chairs were needed.  Merril and I did the usual set up of tables and chairs on the Friday night.  We need to do that then now as we have a youth group that meets in the hall till 8pm or so.  The thing that amazes me is ours is the only youth group that meets in the area at all at it has only just started.
It is seeing more and more kids fairly quickly as it seems there is a real need in the area for something organized for kids to do of a Friday night.   Merril and I walk in just after 8pm and it is all happening.
It does not take long to set up the tables and chairs.  Merril cooked gluten free and vegetarian stuff first thing the Saturday morning.  And I mean first thing.  Like 4.30am.  We have a separate table that serves only gluten free and vegetarian food.  Merril persons it.  There is no doubt it is popular and meets a real need.  One lady was actually so enthusiastic she had two servings of something Merril made and asked for the recipe.  Ladies definitely like that.
As I say more came than usual. Some use the pantry first up and stay for the food being served.  Merril and I sat with people we had not sat with before who were from Lawnton and Kallangur.  Others came and did not stay but were just checking us out.
After it a number helped in getting the place set up for the service on Sunday.  It was actually quiet a mess, but it made me thing of the saying that if you don’t want a mess don’t do anything.
I reckon it was a great time and everyone would have enjoyed themselves.

As per usual I was interested to see what the James Clear email held for me this week.
I was really interested to see him say the following. "When you lose a game, the score doesn't transfer to the next contest but your habits certainly will.
Circumstances are temporary. Sometimes you're winning, sometimes you're losing…but your habits travel with you. This is why you want to execute the same way whether the score is 10-0 or 0-10. Not because the score doesn't matter, but because the score isn't what you're actually building.
It's not about winning or losing any given round. It's about doing things the right way. If you have a chance to practice your craft, you want to do it as well as you can (even if you end up losing that day). Your previous reps can save you or betray you. The habits always translate to the next round."
I actually think that is really important.  I am a coach in Table Tennis (that does not mean I am the best, but it does mean I can see and often help someone put into practice what is necessary. I used to see it in young contestants so often.  Doing something right but not winning the point.  I would never worry about that as I knew that if someone did it right then the right results would come.
For me life is very much like that.  Do it right.  It does not matter if I sometimes get it wrong when doing it right, as doing it right will always reap rewards even if it takes practice.
There is no doubt in my mind that outcomes effect outlook.  At times I would say “stupid game” as I would do what I knew to do and still loose.  At other times I would have an unexpected win and hardly be able to wait to play again.
For me it is all about doing it right again and again.  Desirable results come from consistently practicing it right.