I always tell my learners to think about something positive as soon as a negative thought process creeps into their minds. I am also often asked if I practice what I preach. The answer is always a resounding.....OH YES.....with a huge grin on my face.....
I have a huge repertoire of real life funny situations that I can immediately tap in to. For instance, I think about my wife, Elise, being a young impressionable (be it snobbish) teenager away at hostel and coming home for the weekend where she was treat as the belle of the ball by the local lads. Three lads, Dirkie, Kobie and Corrie, paid special attention to her but she wasn't too interested and shrugged them off without a minutes thought. Non plussed, they approached Elise, her sister Becky & their friend Anita and told them there was a fancy dress dance to celebrate old years eve at the local Grootvlei Power Station club.
Eager to go out that night, the three girls rushed home where their mom, Hettie, rigged them out as a pirate with a patch, scar and parrot on the shoulder (Elise), a Little Dutch Girl with short dress, frilly knicker bockers and a typical pointed dutch hat (Becky) and Mickey Mouse complete with big white gloves, Mickey Mouse Mask, a tail made from a coat hanger and oversized black shoes (Anita).
Well, their dad and mom duly dropped them off at the club and without waiting for their folks to leave properly, the three girls rushed inside, virtually falling over each other in their eagerness to be noticed. They flung the main doors open and to their shock and horror everyone was in smart evening dress.......The music stopped, everyone stopped dancing and turned to the doors that had been flung open, their mouths wide open in horrified disbelief. There, in the doorway, was Mickey Mouse, a Little Dutch Girl and a Pirate.......
At the opposite end of the room was Dirkie, Kobie and Corrie, cokes in hand and grinning from ear to ear.........Touche' boys!!
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