Childhood Sanity

It really is a huge mistake to be too serious about life. However, that’s all very well to say if you have a pressured job, a home to run, a family to care for, and bills you’re struggling to pay. Even if you are financially comfortable, work and other demands can so easily have youContinueContinue reading “Childhood Sanity”

Victim of the Past?

The way forward is to lay down the burden of the past. To do that bring in something new and positive that moves your mind and intentions into the future. Focus your energies on creating a new and better experience of life. That way you will be living in the present and creating a greatContinueContinue reading “Victim of the Past?”

I Used to Be

Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? At one point I would have said that the pulse of Britain beat through my veins. No longer. The country is much changed and there isn’t such a sense of Britishness anymore. Immigration is much needed here, and generally our society works well. No matterContinueContinue reading “I Used to Be”

Greased Lightening (not)

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? I’m not a speed merchant, but anyone can have a momentary lapse of concentration. Plus where I live we have a highway where there’s a steep hill that you have to apply a lot of power to climb, then as you go over the top it drops awayContinueContinue reading “Greased Lightening (not)”

Birth of a Dancing Star

If there were a biography about you, what would the title be? One must have chaos in oneselfto give birth to a dancing starNietzsche I love this saying, it made me feel that my past was worthwhile. However, I do disagree with the word ‘must’. It’s wonderful if you can use chaos as fuel forContinueContinue reading “Birth of a Dancing Star”

Loving the Retired Life

What were your parents doing at your age? Except not like this. My father had vascular dementia and my mother’s golden years were given over to taking care of him. It was hard, but also amusing at times. My dad desperately wanted to move back to the south coast of the UK, he loved theContinueContinue reading “Loving the Retired Life”

Bad Self-Talk/Thought

Negative self-talk is often us doing the work of our detractors for them. They issue one criticism, we mull it over for days (or ever), and it becomes self-destruction. It sounds simplistic to take note, list 3 things, and just stop doing it, but in truth the only way to stop something is to stopContinueContinue reading “Bad Self-Talk/Thought”