I listened to a fairly inspirational speach today by a lady who fell off a cliff while climbing and got paralysed from the waist down some 10 years ago. Despite the disability, she's done some pretty amazing stuff since, including skiing accross Greenland.
Anyway, she was explaining that when she was in hospital after the accident, her hospital room neighbour who had a higher degree of paralysis, spent 3 months trying to peel off a banana.... with such focus and persistence that one day, she made it. She set herself a huge challenge, she worked hard towards it, and achieved it.
Which made me realise, we all need bananas to help us move forward. So I wondered, what's yours ?
And to start the ball rolling, I'd have to say that I don't think I have a banana at the moment. I mean I have stuff I want to do, one of them is to become a better WCS dancer, but nothing that I would consider as significant as that banana. I used to have a few big targets to work towards to, but somehow I have now achieved them and have come to a relative state of 'comfort' in my life. I think I need a new banana.
PS: whoever sends this thread upstairs will get a great deal of neg-rep and trigger my eternal ire...
seriously, though... it'd be nice if that didn't happen...
My banana 6 months ago was to be able to spin really fast and lots and lots of times cause I got told that I wouldn't be able to do it... Needless to say, I proved a point
My latest banana is passing my CTA training with flying colours...
Interesting thread Caro.
A few years ago my Banana competing in Canoe slalom on white water, I did that and had a lot of interesting moments.
Now my banana is learning to dance with a partner and at one with the music. Now I'm addict to Ceroc, making alot of new friends and having the time of my life.
But still a long way from peeling my banana
my banana was to try and understand musicality and impliment it in my dancing.
Thanks to the gorgeous CJ i have started to do just that.
It took a long time to realise ...less is more.
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My Banana at the moment, is to be able to complete (without giving up or pausing to relieve the pain ) the full 'Body Pump' routine at my gym .. (I swear my teacher isn't human! )
I'm a long way from peeling my Banana but I'm not giving up just yet!
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Oh boy... this is going to sound so silly....
My banana is to realise that what Jamie said about bananas is right....one banana at a time...
I tend to have a bunch of them and it's too much then to get everything peeled... I'm trying to stick to one big banana and one small banana at the moment...
1) the big one - learn to like myself enough that it doesn't matter what other people think of me
2) the small one (not because it's less important but because it's probably an easier task - although Franck might disagree) improve my following
This really got me thinking.
Mine... I was thinking when I read the post first, that I didn't have one, but I do - it's just one I'm shying away from at the moment. I must face it and get it peeled - it is quite simply my current project at work, and it's the toughest project I've ever embarked on.
I will get it back on track, and return it to its former 'labour of love' status.
Big Banana = getting started on studying to pass my Inspectors exams so I can get promotion and therefore be on a better pension when I retire in just under 5 years. Will have to give up some dancing or golf to do it not sure when I want to do that
Small banana = my costume for SP ... with our previous history everybody is expecting something special so no pressure but it will be a laugh ... hopefully
My banana is to qualify as a chartered accountant. I am getting there exam by exam, step by step. I have three more in two weeks time
Ok, I've thought about this long and hard and this is my conclusion.
With three kids, a job, a mortgage, a house, the forum and all the other crap that goes with it...I don't have time for bananas.
I don't have a banana and I'm pleased about that, 'cos it means I can feel happy where I am and not have to worry about setting myself goals.
Until fairly recently I have always had a banana on the go, some project, a goal of some sort. In my (young) middle age I am learning to live without the bananas, as like DT I find there is no time and I have other priorities. This sometimes feels a bit uncomfortable, as though I should be looking for the next thing. But, just for a little while, I am going to be hanging with DT in the banana free zone (BFZ).
Does wanting to be able to do that Tatiana twist on the lead's side/leg in Pump IT count as a banana??? Naaaaa .........
Oh, and keep my job when I have to reapply for it .........
And be a good mom ........
Everything I'm doing with my new business, moving home, trying to keep seeing my kids as often as possible etc, is all very important to me, but trivial in the light of the banana peeling story.
and on top of all that, I don't like bananas.
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