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What’s a book you think deserves a sequel?

A sequel or a prequel? The original is the key.Does the story merit further investigation.Is there more to tell?

Success means people want to read more, but it all depends, I’ve got to admit I like short stories and one off novels and the fact that I can trust the writer to tell me a good tale.

If the writer believes it requires a sequel(or prequel) then I’m in.

What villain actually had a good point?

Villainy is by nature tyranny

There was no one really called Robin Hood,

And he certainly never lived in a wood

The reality is the people will hope,

And trust  their lives do not turn into a soap ,

That they can raise their children without fear,

And do the things that they hold dear,

To honour Ronnie Biggs or Nigel Farage,

We  know they don’t  deserve homage,

The Media say what wonderful lads

Look they live in Rio and have wonderful pads!

Girlfriends galore and rich wives,

What does it matter if they ruined lives.

A gun ,a speech a reform here and there,

If you don’t fit in you better beware,

You’re not part of our club,

You don’t get the party DJ Dub,

You complain about the noise,

You’re definitely not one of the boys

Madonna’s ex made films about Gangsters who

were vile

Perhaps he felt they needed to improve their

profile

When you’re rich you get bored,

It’s nice to make heroes of those who carried a

sword,

Knives knuckle crunchers or acid in the face

Shucks, they were only fighting against the

establishment rat race,

They had had a hard time when they were

young,

They sang from a hymn sheet a different song ,

They lived by wit and counterfeit ,

But  they weren’t heroes I’m sure of it.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

I will always live in my mind,the surroundings are irrelevant

There are external stimuli that make the mind work and problem solve continuously,so whatever is happening that is  where I will be.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

Is a little chaos actually good for us?

A little chaos may be good for us

A string of events when we miss our bus,

The loose change that fell from our pocket

The irate expletives that left our mouths like a

rocket,

Finding a ten pound note on the street

Made our day  seem quite neat,

However,there is one proviso to this story,

I really  hope this doesn’t bore you ,

There are some who think it’s fun to tease

Who want to make everyone feel unease

Playing the fool  all pell mell

Saying everyone else can go to hell

In truth this behaviour can be quite tiring

Constant attention seeking is quite jarring

Namaste and Thank You for Reading 🙏

Who is your favorite blogger to follow?

I’m not up on the media clan

I’m just doing the best I can

Words mean a lot to me

Don’t care much about the source really ,

It might be a book,a blog or a poem

The author famous or unknown,

What matters is it hits a chord

And challenges this World’s  inevitable discord.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading🙏

What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?

I recently learned the Spanish Word for “Tent”is Carpa. I used to think I was no good at forming mnemonics.

Immediately on hearing and seeing the word Carpa  though; an image popped into my head of a large fish tent with scales and eyes in the shape of a Carp secured to the ground with tent pegs

So the Spanish word for tent is now emblazoned in my head.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

What do you do to improve your sleep?

A little warm milk,

In your stomach is like silk,

The curds and whey,

Bring an end to a busy day,

Your brain decides to rest

Because making cheese is quite a test,

Leave it to the gut biome ,

Rest because you’re safe at home,

We really can find much ease,

If we let our tummy curdle cheese.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏

Hit 5,000 steps today and drop your achievement here — we’re cheering you on!

Walking is really good exercise and thanks to WordPress for giving us a motivational moment in time to record our steps.

For those who can’t or won’t that’s alright too.It’s not a measure of achievement it’s a computer generated goal to encourage some ,but not all.

Encourage is the word that applies to this post.Do what you can when you can. Steps are a measure,but not everything of value  is measurable .

Namaste and Thank you for reading.

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🙏

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.

Namaste and Thank You for reading.🙏