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Embrace the wonder
Everyone that shines a light on your journey through life plays a part in shaping you. Some of those lights aren’t really positive but we learn from every experience whether good or bad and happy or sad. We’ll all have good times and challenging times. We are never gonna agree with everyone’s opinion or decisions.…
The accidental blether (a recipe for a memory)
We all have memories of moments that happened during this journey, the friends we gained and lost, the adventures we went on, the meetings for the first time and the meetings for the last time. Sometimes memories are all we have left. But memories will never go out of fashion, lets embrace them, we made…
You asked for a tree
Scientists say the odds of us being born are at least 1 in 400 trillion. So why are we hell bent on division and arsing it up for future generations. We take every breath we take for granted, along with every day we awake, every action, every vista, everything we touch, feel, smell and experience. Great…
A short life
In this life, we’ll all end up losing loved ones, people who meant so much to us and people who pointed us in the right direction. In the scale of the universe, our life is indeed short, yet you have the opportunity to make it a great life and you need to pack in as…
Shelter from the Storm
Its appalling that in the last recorded year, there were over 60,000 incidents of domestic abuse raised in Scotland, not just against women and 50 years after I witnessed abuse. My dear mother suffered from domestic abuse for a number of years through the 60s and 70s. But you can escape it. She did, in…
Underneath the bridge
When coming through those difficult teen years, we often have challenges and often make bad choices. I made my fair share. Kestrel Lager was one. When I was 15, 16, 17, I was a tare away. As were many of my friends. We weren’t really disrespectful to the adults, who passed us, whilst we had…
I might draw, I might no
When not at work or engaged in your usual daily routine, try to be creative. Try to find a mindful pursuit which engages you and provides balance. Write, draw, run, walk, watch, paint, sing, bake, swim, puzzle or try some gardening. Being creative provides another focus, can nurture us in so many ways and reduces…
and then winter comes
A bit like nature through the seasons, through our life, we evolve. We start as innocents, and then develop and prioritise our values, learn from our experiences and others we share chapters with and the environment we inhabit. Many are transitioning through that journey towards retirement, with apprehension. But why? We have been lucky enough…
A wee tear has passed
At a time of loss and grief, negativity bias is in all of us, naturally. We are conditioned to focus on the negative elements of a loss. But there is no need to dwell on it, if you can. If you work hard, you can turn the trauma of loss upside down by focusing on…
At the end of your street
I should have known when we didn’t even have enough leftover wallpaper to cover my jotters for school, that we were living near or on the breadline. Imagine being embarrassed by a naked jotter. And when I had to turn a v neck into a crew neck to go to the school disco, alarms bells…
Square sausage and shortbread
Square sausage and shortbread Many things around Scotland make me proud and frankly I adore square sausage. Who’s doesn’t. Square sausage and shortbread is a light hearted view of all things Scottish. Its a f**** tattie scone Bit of fun about the humble Tattie Scone . It’s a F***** Tattie Scone Lets start off the…
The teacher that doesn’t teach
Values don’t fall from trees. We shake it and make ours at the University of Life. In life we learn so many things but not necessarily through qualifications. We are aspirational. Through our diverse experiences, knowledge and understanding we shape our thoughts and values which we pass on to our friends, mentees and children which…
A walk towards the winter
A walk towards the winter A walk towards the winter is a collection of poems about the journey we all have in life, as we get into our winter chapters. Often people have such significant challenges to deal with that they end their life early, people die prematurely, and fail to embrace the golden years,…
Reflections of a pensive mind
Reflections of a pensive mind At some point we all reflect in our life. We reflect on the good and bad, positive and negative, and happy and sad elements of our past that can help shape our future. I believe all of the above make us who we are and understanding this can help us…
The boy who didn’t get a purple chopper
The boy who didn’t get a purple chopper Growing up in the 60s, 70s and 80s in New Farm Loch, a housing scheme in Kilmarnock , when my parents relationship imploded was far from privileged and wasn’t easy. My mother struggled to hold the family together, whilst my father who was a miner struggled to…
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