Article Published: 19 May 2009
By Rassie Erasmus

Things that fall apart.

Occasionally we switch on the TV to one of those home shopping channels and there are actually some good deals for the viewers, but sometimes we can't get to the remote fast enough to change the channel. One day I did the exact same thing when I saw the advertisement of this 14-karat gold bracelet which I decided to order. On arrival it looked just as beautiful as it had been on television. A little while later I picked it up off the table where I left it a while earlier in order to examine this beautiful piece of art. Upon examining it this supposed to be masterpiece broke into pieces and I immediately realized that to buy anything from just viewing it without touching or handling an item you leave yourself open to purchasing something of no value. This bracelet was beautiful on the outside but hollow on the inside.

Maybe you've experienced this kind of disappointment in your life, not with jewellery but with your relationships, your dreams or your birds. It was beautiful for a while but then it just fell apart. In other words, the new birds, products, advice or change in management didn't last for long. Those disappointments should have made you start searching for something that is both beautiful and solid gold inside and out. Something that won't fall apart, something that won't let you down and that search could be just what you need to get right back on track.

I met an explorer at a well one day, a well where he stopped for a drink on a hot day. Our conversation later revealed that this man had been looking for short cuts and magic stuff from one top flyer after another. Hi, but we're all looking aren't we?. His hopes and his search just happened to be in the time that things started to fall apart.

In a previous article ( Information War ) I mentioned the importance of temperature, the temp when mixing medication and vitamins. Temperature is one of the biggest contributory factors to your success in pigeon racing and of course the loft temperature too. I hope to help you in getting closer to make them win if you add the following information to your program.

The body has an optimum temperature for the functioning of digestive enzymes. Cold water temp. is much less than the prevailing temp, sometimes quite close to zero, especially in the beginning of the racing season.. If you give water at a temperature lower than 16 deg c, it will lower the effectiveness of the enzymes and put stress on the digestive system, thus digesting less food. In fact the food gets fermented and this produces bad smelling gases, decays and forms toxins which are absorbed from the intestines into the whole body. This spread of toxins can lead to the development of various diseases.

I know what it’s like to pin your hopes on something that's beautiful for a while, until it falls apart, but keep on searching and watch that temperature.

Regards

Rassie Erasmus