My wife's parents gave us an old wooden bar in need of restoration. During my life I have not had the chance to work with a lot of tools, except a few garden jobs, I did with my cousin Jean Francois in Canada. So here I was, with an opportunity to redeem myself and try something new, a new challenge.
So I thought well and hard, how I wanted the end product to look like. I pictured a white bar with matt silver designs, a kind of retro funky look. I listed all the tools that would be necessary for my mission (I got the sand paper machine, paint, Wall Paper and Glue).
All I needed now, was time, patience and a bit of creativity.
My in laws were coming in three weeks (Deadline). So in my plan, I gave one week to sanding it down, another to painting and the rest to the finishes.
The first part was the easiest, I got a clothe and dusted the bar till every dust particle was swept away. I then got a damp clothe and went over it. Once it was clean I could see my vision clearly. I started sanding the piece in continuous motion up and down. I did this for a while. Slowly but surely the wood started to exfoliate its over aged wooden skin and took a new facade.
I was ready to give it a new fresh appearance. I got my paint brush and started to paint. I went over the entire bar six times over six days. It felt as if the wood enjoyed this attention. Finally as the week came to an end, the bar began to show its true colors.
My wife and I had chosen this amazing wall paper which would give more character to our piece. Together we glued parts of the bar and the wallpaper, and slowly worked our way up to the end of the bar. We had to work in a team as if one of us was not in sync, we would get bubbles in the wallpaper.
The end result was amazing. The bar looks absolutely great, and better yet, it was my first restoration project.
The Morale of this story is that many of us start one or many things and never finish them. Why? What stops us from finishing ? Why do we give up half way ? Why aren't we like
those athletes in Marathons, who although are last, keep running, no matter what it takes, until they get to the finish line?
PATIENCE. BELIEF. FAITH, CONSTANT ACTION are but some of a few words I can think of. Not everything can come in an instance. We have to be patient. We need to believe and have faith in ourselves and we need to take constant action.
Think about the rewards you will have at the end. Feel how good it would feel to finish what you have started. I know you can finish your own personal bar. It will feel fantastic.
Master NLP Practitioner, Malta
founder of Successlodge
www.successlodge.com
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