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Without pain I would know not relief. Without heartache I would feel no comfort. Without suffering I would know not joy. Without grief I would have no friend to mourn with. Without the despair of now, in no future would I hope. Without destruction, I would have no need to re-create. Without this bitter desolation, where would be the consolation? Without the fear, demonic...
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It is good to think about those poor souls who have been cast aside and forgotten at the start of this, yet another new year. I have one such person in mind as I write this. As I speak to people I realise that the world and his dog are starting 2016 with resolutions to be healthy. I see colleagues overlooking packs of biscuits that...
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I first wrote this post in December 2015. A year on I’ve decided to review it and comment on what I wrote at the time for New Year 2016. All additions and comments are in bold. Now I know what you’re thinking. You’ve looked at my title and thought, “That incompetent illiterate doesn’t know that it’s a resolution, not a revolution.” Well I might be...
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I was thinking about Christmas and the things that we just take for granted. It is good to think outside the box sometimes and explore where everything comes from. Here, in no particular order, is my tribute to the many unsung heroes who make Christmas Christmasy for us. It’s by no means a complete list and I would love to hear yours too. The gardener...
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INSPIRATION “Do you get inspired by art that is an unformed image inside an artist’s head? By music that is a swirl of notes assembling over the rhythms of the soul? By poetry that is a reflection of the flawed human spirit coming in to focus? Do you have a desire to create things that have never been created before? To see new colours?...
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I can run and run and travel many thousands of miles as the geese fly from where I am now. I can traverse continents and sail the eight seas to escape my plight and the ordeal that life has dealt me. I can fly to the utmost corner of the globe to leave behind the dreams of my fallen existence. But when I arrive I...
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Flies. Lovely little things aren’t they? I love them almost as much as I adore seagulls. I’ve found that both of the little darlings hover round rubbish, although I can’t recollect ever seeing a seagull sitting on a steaming turd and enjoying the experience. Flies are lower than the lowest. They just love being around shit and puke and everything despicable that humans and animals...
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Every step we have taken Every breath we have breathed Every life we have touched Every joy we’ve received Every hope that’s been crushed Every plan we believed Every hurt we have caused Every time we’ve deceived Every word we have spoken Every thought we’ve conceived Every “every” now brings us To present from past And beckons at last To the future ahead. ©Cre8ivation