Talk is cheap. This proverb refers to the fact it’s easier to say we’ll do something than to actually do it. There's no doubt we sometimes use words far too freely. We unthinkingly open our mouths and say things we later come to regret. Or, as the proverb suggests, we use language to make promises [...]
For years I got confused about wind direction It still happens occasionally now. I have to remind myself, if I want to work out the wind direction, I need to think about where the wind is coming from, not where it’s going. For example, if the wind is coming from the south west, this - in [...]
The only way to win the battle is to stop fighting When we take a moment, to sit back and think about things, it’s easy to see where we’re going wrong. For example, how much of our time do we spend fighting? This can range from scrapping with the in-laws to fighting for our human [...]
"What if everybody had an ‘I’m all right Jack, pull up the ladder’ attitude to life?" What if every man was for himself? Not difficult questions and the answer is simple too: Society would become increasingly chaotic. We’d certainly have an increasing number of lost young men as their self-centered fathers deserted them. Young men [...]
A new year beckons and with it we see the new year honours list of 2018. The British aristocracy keeping themselves at the top, by creating another elitist list, of human beings. Life riding on the coattails of others. With that in mind I'd like to create a new award: THE AWARD FOR EVERY PERSON [...]
