The Future and Inspirations
Evening,
It is worrying in more ways than one to see there are more cases of Child Abuse. No one wants anymore cases of abuse, well no right minded soul anyway. But what is worrying is the knee jerk element. Its bad enough normally, but with the glare of publicity everyone wants to be a hero, but also and more importantly, nobody wants to get it sooo wrong….again!
I just pray that justice finds all, whichever way the scales tip may they be appropriate all the time.
On a lighter note well done to Jensen Button, he has come through after years of trying, it shows if you stick to it things can come out of it and good things at that. Its just a shame the M25 isn’t as clear as some of those circuits.
Talking of even more amazing souls Phil Packer apart from raising millions for Help 4 Heroes, he also supports (at least) 5 other charities, again it shows even through the most awful tragedies, great good can come.
You can be so inspired by people at times and so infuriated by others, the selfish, the greedy, the disrespectful, the morons who urinate on wreaths and taunt our servicemen. They should be sent into the front line - unarmed and just use their rapier wit and cunning against the Taliban.
But Remembrance is coming and we should never forget the debt.
I had the pleasure of meeting a lot of old and new faces at the weekend raising money for local good causes. Albert Einstein once said ‘its all relative’…no hang on it wasn’t that it was “Only a life lived for others is worth living”.
Even when you don’t have much, its good to give, even if its only your time. There were a lot of people giving up their time this weekend and all deserve the thanks of us all and most expect nothing for it, no praise, no social climbing, no nothing. There are Super Heroes like Phil Packer and many others, but there are Heroes in your neighbourhood.
Now if anyone can give up a bit of time to help me find the stray arrows from the archery stall that would be great, two were last seen heading into orbit (which was pretty difficult as we were indoors). whilst other was seen heading towards an expert - it wasn’t me honest. I won’t be firing arrows at them, just rockets and not your Bonfire Night sorts either, Metaphoric Rockets (sounds like an 80’s Punk Band). Those are legal! And much, much bigger, not long before we light the touch paper…….
Those experts for the persecution have a lot to answer for, the more I live the more I learn from different sources there is no such thing as innocent till proven guilty. Thats a story for another day though.
But I thought rather than my rantings, I would give you some more profound words, just to chew over…
The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me
Abraham Lincoln
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
George Washington
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Thanks for following and those that support and care, hats off to you. Causes like this are harder to support, much easier to support causes that involve saving the bomb or banning the whale (or something like that) but so many did and still do, it just shows amazing strength. To those True Believers, that dare to care, I salute you.
Iain