Hello Fellow Toastmasters!
Nov 25 Meeting - Today we had a wonderful meeting full of
happy thoughts and altruistic ideas.
Ehsan was our Toastmaster, for the first
time, and our meeting’s theme was Happiness.
Ehsan was a master multi role tasker, as
not only was he TM he was also SAA and provided some humour as well.
We all went around the room and had to
answer 2 questions 1) What makes us happy and 2) Do you think it’s okay to let
your mind wander
The answers as we went around the room were
very interesting, happiness comes in all shapes and forms, whether it be
walking your dog (Kelsey) Coffee in the morning (Cathy) or coming to class only
to find that it’s cancelled (Nicole) it was great to hear everyone’s definition
of happiness. Dianne also shared some beautiful news and that was the
birth of her granddaughter Violet!! Welcome to the world Violet!
Dianne delivered a speech that pulled at
our heart strings, titled the Blue Ribbon, and she encouraged us all,
through this touching story, to share our feelings of thanks
and gratitude to those around us, we not only feel better for doing so, but we
could also be making a huge difference in someone’s life when we do.
Table topics was exciting, Nicole came up
for the first time and handled a difficult question very well. She took
her time and held her composure quite confidently. Next was our guest Hilary
who didn’t shy away from the podium, she talked about where she would travel
and why. Hilary was confident and well organized in her delivery.
(even used the word of the day) We look forward to hearing from Nicole
and Hilary again!
I personally loved the quote at the end of
our agenda from Henry Schweitzer that read “Success is not the key to
happiness, but rather, happiness the key to success” That is my shortened
version!!
Take care everyone, think Happy thoughts
and hopefully we’ll meet again next Wednesday!- Cathy P.
