It's All About Character
Adversity is normal in life. It can develop character, strength, courage, self-confidence and self-belief. The dictionary uses words like to define character: fortitude, honesty and distinctive to define character.I use words such as: persistence, courage and self-reliance. For years I have had an on-going verbal battle with several people about the value and importance of letting people fail, not helping the

Completing What Can't Be Changed
Whenever you start replaying conversations about what you could or should have said to someone else, as if you are still trying to change something that can't be changed, you are wasting your energy.A simple letter-writing exercise that many of my clients have used can help you re-energize yourself.*If a relationship has ended*If someone has power over you and you can't confront them directlyAt halftime the Springboks led the Samoans by 23-3 and they stopped Samoa scoring for most of the second half whilst themselves adding just 12 points. The final score ended up being 35-8.

It was definitely not an awe-inspiring performance by any stretch of the imagination. in fairness it was the "second team" that came to out of the the change rooms at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, but there were basic errors in both the handling and decision making departments.

The only good thing that stood out in this match was the South African rugby team's ability to defend under huge pressure on their line for large parts of the match. The only try scored by Samoa was due to some loose play by the Springboks in their own 22, which they did throughout the match.

Even though Francois Steyn scored a try he made a few mistakes which reminded all watching of his youth and inexperience, bringing back some memories on his fielding of the ball after full time was up in the Super 14 final and not kicking the ball out, which would have given the Sharks the victory. In today's match he tried to force a pass a few times costing South Africa valuable possession.

Captain John Smit also seemed to have a couple moments of memory loss thinking he was a fly-half and not

tch of the imagination. in fairness it was the "second team" that came to out of the the change rooms at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, but there were basic errors in both the handling and decision making departments.

The only good thing that stood out in this match was the South African rugby team's ability to defend under huge pressure on their line for large parts of the match. The only try scored by Samoa was due to some loose play by the Springboks in their own 22, which they did throughout the match.

Even though Francois Steyn scored a try he made a few mistakes which reminded all watching of his youth and inexperience, bringing back some memories on his fielding of the ball after full time was up in the Super 14 final and not kicking the ball out, which would have given the Sharks the victory. In today's match he tried to force a pass a few times costing South Africa valuable possession.

Captain John Smit also seemed to have a couple moments of memory loss thinking he was a fly-half and no

n this match was the South African rugby team's ability to defend under huge pressure on their line for large parts of the match. The only try scored by Samoa was due to some loose play by the Springboks in their own 22, which they did throughout the match.

Even though Francois Steyn scored a try he made a few mistakes which reminded all watching of his youth and inexperience, bringing back some memories on his fielding of the ball after full time was up in the Super 14 final and not kicking the ball out, which would have given the Sharks the victory. In today's match he tried to force a pass a few times costing South Africa valuable possession.

Captain John Smit also seemed to have a couple moments of memory loss thinking he was a fly-half and no

.

Even though Francois Steyn scored a try he made a few mistakes which reminded all watching of his youth and inexperience, bringing back some memories on his fielding of the ball after full time was up in the Super 14 final and not kicking the ball out, which would have given the Sharks the victory. In today's match he tried to force a pass a few times costing South Africa valuable possession.

Captain John Smit also seemed to have a couple moments of memory loss thinking he was a fly-half and no

ut, which would have given the Sharks the victory. In today's match he tried to force a pass a few times costing South Africa valuable possession.

Captain John Smit also seemed to have a couple moments of memory loss thinking he was a fly-half and not a hooker. He twice had the ball in good forward going possession and instead of either running into contact to setup a new phase or passing the ball to one of the backs, he chose to kick! And both kicks went out on the full resulting in a loss of metres for the team.

Credit has to go to the Samoan rugby team who did come into this match as underdogs with South Africa having beaten them all 4 times they've played each other previously, with South Africa 3 times out of the now 5 matches having put 60 points on the board. They managed to starve the Springboks of possession pretty well and also broke up the the SA play.

One player that played well was Luke Watson, getting some good runs and also showing a couple deft touches with his passing. Another player that did well with the little ball that he did get was JP Pietersen, as usual. He made a lovely break gliding through a seemingly non-existent gap setting up the try scored by Pedrie Wannenburg.

Samoa disrupted the scrums a lot, mostly illega