Fings Wot I Lerned!

Having rounded the 60 mark in July 2008, I wish I knew back when I was 40 some of the stuff I know now; probably true for most of us. Here are a few scattered thoughts.

I was born while there was still rationing. Can remember what music was like before Rock ‘n’ Roll;
how you could take a photo of the M1 and see only one car;
that teenage summers WERE better than now;
how amazed I was when I discovered that there is a God;
what it feels like to be in love, even after 42 years.

I’ve discovered that most things don’t work out the way you thought they would;
that some people are nice and some are not, and that it has nothing to do with skin colour;
that real friends are rare, that collegues are more numerous, and acquaintances are many, but that is better than loneliness;
that real poverty has less to do with lack of wealth as lack of spiritual enrichment;
that parents are responsible for bringing up their children, not school, the social services or anyone else;
that the condom culture does nothing to halt the continuing rise in teenage pregnancies and STDs;
that there is such a thing a right and wrong;
that respect has to be given before it can be received and if you treat people like animals not to be surprised if they act like animals;
that humans start at conception, not at the point of arbitarily decided ‘viability’;
that the Health and Safety culture is neither healthy nor safe;
that political correctness is just another form of the bullying of the majority by the minority;
that ID cards will do nothing to prevent crime or terrorism, but will only harrass the law-abiding;
that the Government cannot be trusted with vast amounts of our personal data.

© photogenique (dave peddie)

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