Diane Stafford On Focus

Getting Your Message Across

Getting Your Message Across

Are you a quiet, reserved, shy and retiring wallflower?

or

Are you loud and "out there"?

Either way, here's a little something from Gary for you to think about.

Have a great weekend, quiet or loud :-)

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Crohn's Disease Comedy Cures

Gareth Berliner is a stand up comedian who has had Crohn's disease for 21 years.

As a sufferer of Crohn's disease for more than 21 years myself, it's great to come across someone who has managed to build a comedy career out of this otherwise far from humorous disease.

Gareth's Crohn's disease is quite extensive, to the point of having had the majority of his 'guts' removed, but that hasn't stopped him from doing what he loves doing.  And as he says "It takes 'guts' to be a comedian!"

In this video Gareth goes behind the laboratory doors to find out what the future holds in terms of diagnosis, prevention and management of Crohn's disease.

View the video here = Crohn's Disease Comedy Cures

I'm currently recovering from an emergency hospital admission due to Crohn's and feeling, as well as looking, like a dressmakers pin cushion, so Gareth's comedy clips provide some welcome light relief, whilst the scientists offer some insights into the potential of their research.

If you are suffering from Crohn's disease, or indeed any long standing illness, I do hope you find something to laugh at in Gareth's comedy sketches. 

Life is far too short not to laugh while you can.

Wishing you well...

Diane

Natural Insight in Ink

Natural Insight in Ink

Last night we watched a program about the extraordinary development of a selection of animals, actually we caught it from around the middle through to the end.

Overall a wonderfully descriptive and informative insight into the development and dependencies of the featured creatures. 

The program included some 'ghastly' wasps that infiltrate their host caterpillar which they later chemically brainwash into becoming their protector until it starves itself to death.  And the embryonic shark that survives by eating the siblings that were created naturally and specifically as a food source.

Then there was the developing penguin inside its egg that is perched on its fathers feet, and warmed to maintain life, and the kangaroo joey, growing snugly in its mothers pouch.  Both 'lovingly' provided with the nutrition and care they needed to make it through to the outside world in full health.

Nature is of course amazing, despite it being seen as both cruel and nurturing. Yet these disparate examples simply focus on survival and perpetuation of the respective species. 

Nature has provided each, a way to ensure their survival, and although some humans may find the concept of cutting through a host body to reach the outside world somewhat cruel, there is some comfort in the fact that the host is chemically anesthetized, so that it feels nothing!  Thank goodness for that!!

As human beings we tend to throw our emotions into the mix when we observe such natural events, as we are more emotionally driven.   

However, are human beings really that different from these creatures?

Yes of course we are, in regard to how we are conceived, gestated and born.  Yet in life, many behave like those wasps, acting as parasites, feeding off others to achieve their own aims. 

Perhaps you also recognize one or two "sharks" that you have met along your life travels, ready to eat their nearest and dearest, or you, if it gets them what they want for themselves!

Despite the inevitable probability of bumping into the odd shark, I hope you are fortunate enough to cross paths with the more cuddly, furry and soft feathered variety of people with loving, caring natures.

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Extract from journal, handwritten with 'natural insight in ink'

Sometimes Stuff Happens

A passing thought for the day....

Sometimes Stuff Happens!

.. A friend forwarded this photo (apologies no source info, and for one word in image)

Sometimes stuff happens and you end up feeling like you are stuck in a traffic jam or have reached a road block in your progress.

On the positive side .... This too will pass!

For positive inspiration for your mindset.

Free Small Business Marketing

There is a great deal of free small business marketing information on the net, so much in fact, that you really can get stuck trying to figure out for yourself which is the right information for you.

I am continuing to compile a resource here  -> of  Free Small Business Marketing ideas and information that I recommend for their added value and benefits.

Not all recommendations are free, although most are and will be, however those that aren't, are ones that I use myself and pay for (which pay for themselves over and over again)!

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Have a great weekend

Diane
An Art Filled Weekend