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Balloon art is a wonderful task once you get over the fear of popping balloons. By practicing it, we can also save money by decorating our own parties

The only required equipment to start ballooning is long balloons. Buy a good pump so that you can save your lungs. In the maket single and double direction pump are available. Use a double direction pump - one that will blow air while being pushed and pulled, making blowing up the balloons extremely quick. The first, and most critical in not popping balloons is the "tail." The tail of the balloon is the part that is left flat. When you begin to blow up a balloon, it will start filling closest to your mouth/pump and go outward. The tail is the other end. Each pattern will require a certain amount of tail length to be left over.

"Twisting" is as simple a term to use. This is where you twist the balloon. Take a blown up balloon (with a tail of any length) in both hands like you were putting your hands on the handle bars of a bicycle. Now twist one hand towards your body and the other away. A twist will form in the balloon, separating it into two parts. Usually one or two full rotations will give you a good joint for locking. Each twist is described by the length of the bubble you are creating. A "1 inch twist" is a twist 1 inch away from the end or previous twist. A "2 inch twist" is a twist made 2 inches from the previous twist or end, and so forth. Many time ballooners will simplify the "1 inch twist" to a "1 inch bubble", which means the exact same thing. A bubble is the area between 2 twists or an end and a twist.

You might find if you tried twisting the balloon and letting go, your twists will not hold. This is where the "lock" comes into play. A lock is where you have taken two twists, and twisted them together. Lets make an example:

If you make a 2 inch twist from the tied end, make another 2 inch twist from the first, and then another twist (this takes agility because you have to hold all the bubbles in your hands to prevent it from unwrapping), you will have 3 bubbles and the rest of the balloon. To lock the balloon, you will take your first twist and twist it with the third twist. What you have here is something that will resemble legs or ears, depending on the lengths you use for your twists.

We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another.

Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and that all will be well when they are older.

Then we are frustrated because they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be happier when they grow out of the teen years.

We tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a vacation, when we finally retire.

The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than right now.

If not, then when?

Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy in spite of it all.

For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start. Real life.

But there was always some obstacle along the way, an ordeal to get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be paid. Then life would start.

I finally came to understand that those obstacles were life.

That point of view helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness.

Happiness is the road.

So, enjoy every moment.

Stop waiting for school to end, for a return to school, to lose ten pounds, to gain ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married, for Friday evening, for Sunday morning, waiting for a new car, for your mortgage to be paid off, for spring, for summer, for fall, for winter, for the first or the fifteenth of the month, for your song to be played on the radio, to die, to be reborn… before deciding to be happy.

Happiness is a voyage, not a destination.

There is no better time to be happy than… NOW!

Live and enjoy the moment. -Author unknown

Now, think and try to answer these questions:
1 – Name the 5 richest people in the world.
2 – Name the last 5 Miss Universe winners.
3 – Name the last 10 Nobel Prize winners.
4 – Name the last 10 winners of the Best Actor Oscar.

Can’t do it? Rather difficult, isn’t it?

Don’t worry, nobody remembers that.

Applause dies away!

Trophies gather dust!

Winners are soon forgotten.

Now answer these questions:

1 – Name 3 teachers who contributed to your education.

2 – Name 3 friends who helped you in your hour of need.
3 – Think of a few people who made you feel special.
4 – Name 5 people that you like to spend time with.

More manageable? It’s easier, isn’t it?

The people who mean something to your life are not rated “the best”, don’t have the most money, haven’t won the greatest prizes…

They are the ones who care about you, take care of you, those who, no matter what, stay close by.

Think about it for a moment.

Life is very short!

And you, in which list are you? Don’t know?

Let me give you a hand.

You are not among the most “famous”, but among those to whom I am sharing my feelings and messages...

Some time ago, at the Seattle Olympics, nine athletes, all mentally or physically challenged, were standing on the start line for the 100 m race.

The gun fired and the race began. Not everyone was running, but everyone wanted to participate and win.

They ran in threes, a boy tripped and fell, did a few somersaults and started crying.

The other eight heard him crying.

They slowed down and looked behind them.

They stopped and came back… All of them…

A girl with Down’s Syndrome sat down next to him, hugged him and asked, “Feeling better now?”

Then, all nine walked shoulder to shoulder to the finish line.

The whole crowd stood up and applauded. And the applause lasted a very long time…

People who witnessed this still talk about it.

Why?

Because deep down inside us, we all know that the most important thing in life is much more than winning for ourselves.

The most important thing in this life is to help others to win. Even if that means slowing down and changing our own race.

A candle loses nothing if it is used to light another one.”