‘If you’re going through hell, keep going.’ Winston Churchill There are those moments when I’m in a bad way. In those times I notice just how much the negative side of my personality comes out. Anger Hatred Resentment Despair Bitterness Loneliness Some of these I can’t seem to stop boiling upwards into my thoughts and […]
Why we should take comedy seriously
‘Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass’ Michel de Montaigne, ‘De l’experience,’ 1580-88 I recently listened to the audiobooks by Terry Pratchett. The Colour of Magic, Light Fanastic, Small Gods and Pyramids. I’ve never been interested in this sort of fiction before. What tickled me the most […]
Where everybody knows your name
That’s what you get when you walk into the Cheers bar in Boston. The massively popular TV series I grew up with in the 80s and 90s. It’s such a desirable place to be, where you know all the people around you, they are your social circle. In our modern world of online communication having […]
Rediscovering who we are
Some of my favourite stories are works like… Yes man, by Danny Wallace. Who tells a story of a man, fed up of being in a rut pledges to himself to say yes to everything for a whole year. Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer. An idealistic young man who goes to seek the answers […]
Loneliness, the motivation vampire
I just can’t be bothered sometimes. I’ve tried a variety of things in my years. Now I’m writing, painting, looking towards starting an online business and selling my work. I have all these ideas, yet my desire to see them realised waxes and wanes. I even doubt if I really want these things, whether I […]
The world is not out to get you
When things go repeatedly wrong we can get it into our heads that somehow the world is out to get us. We have needs and wants and we get angry, upset or down when they’re not met. It’s something I’ve had to face myself. In my own immaturity I once thought there was something wrong […]