Simple Observations on Life

I look around now and see all the jobs and roles that existed even a decade ago are now obsolete and gone. Everything is cyber and technological and we can't hold it back. It's taken over, it's taken control, it's taking over today and the future. Where will we be?

Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I was weak and led into temptation and fell. I was offered a mince pie and I ate it. Please pray for my mortal soul.

If you want to work out what's going on in the world today look at 2 factors. Speed and direction. The speed of movement and use of specific things. And the direction this is going in. This will tell you the plans the powers that be have for your life and all our lives.

There is a real movement of people, singles and couples, away from the mass culture. Those that stay home away from the fast paced world or who seek solitude far from the madding crowds. It's a growing sub culture of souls who don't want to be part of the full on 24/7 society.

My dad once said to me, 'Don't go where everyone else is going because it's popular. Go where you want to go because it matters to you and no-one else'.

I woke up this Sunday with a yearning to be by the sea sitting on a bench and watching the waves. Dunno why today, just feeling like I wanted to get away from it all to somewhere I can be alone and untroubled.

Today I just wish and pray there is one person less in pain, one person less in sickness, one person less in poverty, one person less in hunger, and one person less scared for their life and future. And every moment of that day one more person happier, healthier, and safe. ❤️🫶

How classy are older people? Driving through my home town high street after work and saw two elderly couples going into a restaurant dressed as smart as possible. And I see many in the town shopping looking chic and neat. A generation who always did that in public and still are.

I often think if I was to write an autobiography on my life what I would call it, what the theme would be. My life hasn't been kind for a long time so I've finally decided it would be a poignant book called, 'The Life That Never Happened'. What about yours?

In the last few weeks since I started my account I've had messages from people on how to grow my account and make money by posting all the time and commenting everywhere. Amazing how they assume that's what everyone wants to do. Not me, I'm happy just posting my simple obs daily.

when you step back and look we are all just caught up in some game played by a small number of people. Whether that's chess, Dare, or Monopoly, we are their pawns, pieces, and playthings. They set the rules and then roll the dice. And we get the results especially when they lose.

Of all the things we value we rarely value the people we laugh with enough. Keep those people close. Spend time with them. Enjoy them, appreciate them. And laugh our heads off with them. If there are angels it's these that make us smile all the time and make life worth living.

Sitting in the garden with a glass of wine as the sun is slowly slipping away for the day. The noise of the day fades away as a quiet hum of calm descends. Simple bliss, costs nothing, worth its weight in gold. Life can be this wonderful.