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I used to be terminally shy,

Infact I wonder how I ever got by,

At a friends house I’d hide away,

Thinking I have nothing to say,

People would try to winkle me out,

My friends knew better and would shout,

” Leave her be, she’ll be alright”,

“She prefers it when she’s out of sight”,

They knew me well which was really lucky,

It took me a while to discover my “plucky”,

But why I did I suppose I know,

My bravery was put on show,

When you are loved and appreciated,

You can face the World and not feel defeated,

Those brave steps were made by me,

Because those around me let me be.

To master the art of believing in yourself,

You must first give up the thought you’re an elf,

For many will try to make you feel small ,

Even if you are ten feet tall,

Never worry about what other’s say,

For words are like the weather and change each day,

Find life funny because it really is,

It’s ups and downs are part of the business,

On living well you’ll get plenty of advice,

Just smile when you find your kids hair lice,

Don’t worry they’re only in their hair,

Unfortunately the shampoo gives them red spots,

Agree to their wish and throw away the expensive shampoo pots,

They always wanted to shave their head for a dare,

So walking down the street with your punkies in tow,

Ignore the looks and walk slow,

Smile and grin and make a memory,

For the best man’s speech at little Ruperts’ wedding ceremony,

That’s far in the future you tell me now,

But it’s the secret to giving life a bow

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

If you come to me looking for ideas,

Forgive me please if I give a big sneeze,

For the dust will have been disturbed,

And my dog will look perturbed,

As I jump up frantically looking for a tissue,

Amongst my copies of the Big Issue,

The secret of encouraging a subscriber

Particularly if you are a humble writer,

It is so obvious that most can see,

It’s not to charge and to make it free.

Once it hits the nerve,

Then the profits it will serve,

For then the frenzy will begin,

You might make it on to “News at Ten”,

In the meantime you can do your best,

To master the software of WordPress.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

There may be one instance in a million billion that one stitch will save nine. More likely it will require more stitches and the anticipatory fix will be more or less than nine faults. So perhaps in a random way the proverb will be right but there are much more times it will be wrong. That is if we are talking haberdashery.

In general terms, the proverb may help to prevent irritation or indeed catastrophe. Human behaviour, however does not always act rationally and probably there are more people who believe in never doing today ,what you can put off until tomorrow or even next week. There are some people who are just lazy and there are others who think that the whole process is tedious and that it’s someone else’s responsibility.

In all walks of life there are people totally ignoring ” A Stich in Time, Saves Nine”.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

It would be nice to believe in them as being real, soulmates. Reality is that it depends on so many other factors. Probably environment and time.

Are they necessary? To those involved yes and to those outside the loop, they can be cringeworthy or admirable dependent again on many factors.

To deny their existence would be unfair, at the same time to deny that some people are not suited to the role for very good reasons is also a fact that shouldn’t be ignored. I mean President Trump could never be a soulmate, even though he probably would like to think he has the capacity. At critical moments his interest would wane.

And I’m very interested to see what AI generates as an image for Trump’s soulmate ability.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading🙏

I don’t worry about that far in the future,

The present gives me plenty to suture,

I struggle with vocabulary here and now,

Why worry about a holy cow,

Should I say de nada meaning ” no problem”,

“Of nothing”, I say while spattering guttural phlegm

” Con Gusto” would be much more pleasant,

And I wouldn’t sound like a peasant,

That’s not to say anyone tells me off,

For not sounding like a toff,

Would it be nice if everyone spoke the same,

No that really would be quite insane,

Nuances, subtilties even meaning,

To lose any of that would be demeaning,

So plodding on to meet my end,

Let’s hope uniqueness we do defend,

Let’s not all become homologous,

Because it really does not suit us.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

Of course I must and I think I do,

Is that a sentence or a billet- doux?

I’ll leave that decision up to you,

You see less is more,

Is a phrase I adore,

Whether it’s right or is a crushing bore,

For who am I to decide the fate,

Of those who can’t resist the supermarket wait,

To queue for things and thus be late,

Late home, Late for Work or lose their place,

It’s adding stress to an addictive pace,

They are happy though to win the race,

I for one will avoid,

Purchasing that new android,

A robot, a phone admittedly the idea I’d toyed,

Amazon I searched and the Which magazine,

The possibilities seemed obscene,

Then I decided I’d just be mean,

Overly consumptive is a dying trend,

But where will all this misery end,

With no economy the Politician’s fate is to be called a bell end.

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We seem to have a great capacity to put people off reading. There are two instances that come to mind, firstly when I said to my mum about one of the Bronte sisters books that it was worth a read and she really enjoyed it and also to my brother when I said that the Glasgow Herald was a good read, and he said that he really enjoyed the process of reading it, having never read a “serious newspaper ” before. Subsequently neither continued with something that they had really enjoyed , because perhaps they were bombarded by so many other pieces of writing.

My point being that there is so much printed material out there and just to pick up a book is a real achievement. Good or Bad books we are never really “finished” with them. We get something from every piece of written material we look at , sometimes it is just our critical thinking that comes into play or on others we are totally blown away by the tome.( and that is a good feeling.)

I suppose writing lists and analysing the affect that a book has had on you is of value, if you like lists and talking about books.

I however, know that all the books I read affect me and have value ( some more than others). I always worry that I’ve missed something, perhaps skimmed something and always find a second read unearths new things. My view is I’m never really finished with a book, even the bad ones.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏