{"id":401,"date":"2012-02-14T06:03:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.orangefroglogistics.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2014-02-01T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T20:43:34","slug":"51-a-kick-in-my-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/blog\/item\/51-a-kick-in-my-behind","title":{"rendered":"A kick in my behind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sure, the news could drag my spirit down, or the weather, a\u00a0rugby game cancelled<\/a>, Rome bailing out of the\u00a02020 Olympic bid<\/a>, remembering\u00a0Nodar Kumaritashvili<\/a>\u00a0two years ago in Whistler. And the list goes on\u2026 until I decide to stop it and steer my spirit for good (if not better). It is just a matter of how I look at what is happening and how I respond. Recently, I have been reminded, yet again, that Beauties that make a difference in people\u2019s life are everywhere: either to grab or to work on.<\/p>\n

One of my daily discoveries introduced me to\u00a0Foot Oc\u00e9ane<\/a>, where, the time of a low tide, the Saint Jean de Monts, France\u2019s beach becomes the biggest soccer field in the world to welcome close to 5,000 soccer kids, knowing some of them have never walked in the sand before. Creating such an event along with Mother Nature carries an even bigger message as the field boundaries, drawn into the sand, get washed away with the high tide. How much greener can you get? And how much more awesome can one feel listening to all these young soccer players celebrate and giggle on their scores?<\/p>\n

It takes a little idea, and time.\u00a0Michael Schratter<\/a>\u00a0matured his idea of riding and raising awareness about mental health\u00a0for 15 years. 40,000 km and 33 countries later, he managed to engage into some exceptional interactions with youth and adults around mental health education. All it took, really, was the courage to pursue an idea, HIS idea. Ryley Breiddal\u2019s version of pushing through his own limits translated to many personal breakthroughs. Hiking the\u00a0Continental Divide Trail<\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0Pacific Crest Trail<\/a>, he concentrated on his journey, later realising his feet had grown in size and local cows lack humour when presented with beef jerky.<\/p>\n

The latest\u00a0Feat Canada<\/a>\u00a0simply left me pumped up, the kind of event after which I feel anything is possible (you know, when, regardless of the weather, I drive the window down singing along some loud music I love). It is not so much about driving fast: rather it is about driving, with a goal in mind, with open senses and the willingness to take a detour when Plan C has failed.\u00a0Thoreau<\/a>\u00a0said it perfectly:\u00a0\u201cMany men go fishing all of their lives without knowing\u00a0it is not fish they are after.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0I cannot help it: people who flirt with adventure inspire and boost me, especially when it involves sport and brings smiles on people\u2019s faces.<\/p>\n

I (aka We?) need failure to savour success, and anybody can beat the one(s) who stayed slouched on a couch, tergiversating and hesitating. Feeling down is ok, picking myself up is better: emulating this kind of stories can only lift my spirit up, and I love it. I get a kick out of listening to others\u2019 experiences, as a stepping stone. Very happy to get kicked, indeed. On Valentine\u2019s Day or any other day: my job to bounce!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sure, the news could drag my spirit down, or the weather, a\u00a0rugby game cancelled, Rome bailing out of the\u00a02020 Olympic bid, remembering\u00a0Nodar Kumaritashvili\u00a0two years ago in Whistler. And the list goes on\u2026 until I decide to stop it and steer my spirit for good (if…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[110,143,39,40,83,12,104,8,152,15,141,65,157,84,167],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-item","tag-adrenaline","tag-adventure","tag-challenge","tag-driven","tag-feel","tag-focus","tag-goal","tag-grind","tag-inspire","tag-matter","tag-mind","tag-olympic","tag-open","tag-rugby","tag-thoreau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}