Just like to say I have officially retired and am holidaying in a sandy ,beach location.
The main thing I notice is I am really enjoying myself.When I worked (my various jobs),I really was very unhappy.No holiday was really a holiday,it was an escape from misery.
My peers created that misery, not some Corporate Faceless Body.Our own people sold us down the swanny for personal advantage.
To be honest yes I got through and I’m free of it all.I’m not looking back,but looking forward.
To those who reminisce about their past roles how much is looking back at how you had power over others and could decide their fate.Not that you did a good job,but that you controlled others.
Wannabe leaders are the worst,no one in their right mind would want to be a Leader.
What’s your definition of romantic? My definition of romantic, May seem, to some, pedantic, Flowers and diamonds don’t do it for me, I prefer a cosy sofa and a cup of tea, To talk or be quiet and an acceptance of fair Ignoring both our rather unkempt hair, To smile at a shared near disaster, […]
What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts?
Some people will never be happy with their lot.They will always be looking for the next best thing.
There is a difference between inventing,designing or discovering to make progress and the individual’s need to be recognised or rewarded.
Any economy that has been through a coming of age period where standards of living improve immensely after a period of disruption, maladministration and very often trauma.Suddenly finds itself with a needy grasping population who expect everything.
Lives and environments have been ruined in order that those in the future can live their lives with a standard of living that defies expectations and that perhaps the World as a whole will struggle to offer .
What is the best coffee to buy and where should we buy it from?Are the coffee bean farmers treated fairly are the beans roasted correctly so all their goodness survives and our coffee helps us live our best lives together.
Coffee is a good indicator of how needy our society has become.It isn’t an essential.
There isn’t a coffee shop called Coffee For Profit but there should be.
Everyone demands the right to pay over the odds to sit down and drink their beverage of choice whether it be in a famous big chain like Costa or Starbucks or a trendy Independent breaking the mould and offering the bestest healthiest beans that you saw advertised on the internet.
And a mention for the poor people who have to work and serve in these coffee profit centres mostly earning a minimum wage.Even the Independent owners probably aren’t making much anymore as everyone’s disposable income reduces and running cost rise
My negative thought is it’s all going to collapse,the right to have the freedom to choose your favourite coffee shop will have gone in ten years because no one will be able to afford to run them as the needy population will no longer be able to afford them.
The way I deal with this negative thought is to realise that circumstances change and there will be other alternatives for the population to mingle,to socialise and adapt.
From an overheated and strained economy there will be people who “make things better”.Who stop and think what do we really need.?
My coffee test applies to all consumption in all areas of life.You lose one choice and you look for a better one and there is a wealth of people who realise we must make better choices if we are to survive and thrive.
So,the negative outlook of restricted choice is overcome by the reality that the will to make things better is always there and even in adversity it will overcome.
Namaste and Thank You for Reading🙏
A bowl of fresh gazpacho garnished with diced vegetables and herbs on a wooden table
What makes a teacher great? A great teacher must forget their ego and concentrate solely on what makes their pupil succeed. Funny, that really is a very hard task today as teachers are now rewarded for achieving targets set by unaccountable government bodies and to be promoted they must be effective business leaders who can […]
What do you love now, that you hated when you were younger?
I think I have said this before, I don’t hate anything. And age has nothing to do with it.
Hate is a word that generates fear and anger and really should be consigned to the rubbish bin,or perhaps only be used for artistic licence.
We will come across situations in our lives where the horror can seem unsurmountable.
It may not directly affect our lives, It may be something we see, hear or read about as a sound bite on the news.
We may not understand the actions of people who perpetrated heinous acts, and we may throw our hands up in despair that ignorance and bureaucratic indifference allowed fully preventable events to occur.
But hate no.It’s an emotion and a double edged sword. A frenzy of hate, is uncontrollable and can be as bad as whatever we are objectifying as a hated object or situation.That is not a good place to be.
A child does not hate ,there may be many feelings and needs that they experience.If these are acknowledged early in the child’s development then the child will grow up a problem solver but not a hater.
So I think this WP prompt is juvenile and best consigned to the scrap heap.Not my post though.It’s nice to stand up against hatred.
Emperor Palpatine has announced open elections for a new Emperor — and he’s nominated Darth Vader. You get to nominate one challenger.
I nominate Eye-gor (aka Marty Feldman) ,Dr Frankenstein’s ever present assistant,who can use his practical knowledge of electricity to irritate and upset Darth at televised debates.
Using The Young Frankenstein’s research cleverly downsized to hand held devices. Eye-Gor would turn Darth Vader into a quivering wreck unable to string two sentences together, occasionally collapsing in a heap with a short circuit as Eye-Gor looks on innocently.
Meanwhile Eye-Gor regales his audiences with his rolling eyes and funny stories about what he and Dr Frankenstein are up to now and the return of the Jedi as Force for Good and bringing back clean running water and electricity which is really what everyone wants.
Occasionally when Eye-Gor judges that Darth is in one of his depressive moods,he lets him speak.The results are hilarious with three hour speeches,about the fate of Padmé and how his mother never really loved him.The audiences meanwhile lose interest and start leaving in droves.
There is no doubt Eye-Gor will be the next emperor.
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