A fellow blogger has taken the words from my mouth. So why should I waste my time writing, when she speaks so eloquently.
If you could erase one event from history, what would it be?
I’m firmly with a fellow blogger: Audhdapparently on what she has posted earlier today regarding this subject. There is no point in me posting my feelings when they mirror exactly what she has quite eloquently posted on her own site, so here is a link to that very post:
Enjoy.
Let me think about that. I’m just sitting on this here fence.
How do you deal with uncertainty?
I’m not sure.
Let me think about that…
Give me a bit of time to procrastinate…
I’m a little doubtful…
I’m going to hesitate a little bit….
Sorry if I’m being vague….
As you can gather I don’t deal with uncertainty too well. I’ve always been a “sitting firmly on the fence post” kind of guy.
Hey ho, 60+ years in and I’m still here. Must be working I guess. Wait, let me just think about that 😂
Have a good day.
Has faith been restored? Not yet. Patiently awaiting that day.
What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people?
To be honest, 60 years down the line and I can’t really recall an occasion when this has happened.
Maybe, as age advances, distant memories of such occurrences probably just disappear into the ether.
I await my turn in anticipation.
Have a great day, wherever and whoever you are 👍
One sentence, one special person. You’re already a winner.
If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say?
It’s funny that I’m answering this prompt in a present tense, imagining what I’d expect to read as a result of a lifetime of experience and broken expectations.
Taking what I know now into context, the sentence I’d expect to hear is:
“Don’t worry, everything will be alright”
And to be honest, previous experience does lead me to agree somewhat. Going all the way back to my school years (And that was a lifetime ago) we’d worry about exams, back then it was the end of the world, we worried constantly and I even see kids doing the same today, but with the benefit of hindsight I can clearly say, it really doesn’t matter, everything’s ok, it worked out just fine.
If you can step aside from peer pressure, or even better still if your peers can stop applying that pressure in the first place, the world would be a happier place.
Put it like this, the fact you are even here on this planet is a miracle in its self, the chances of your parents even conceiving you are a massive 1 in 400 Trillion.
That makes you a very special person right from the very start.
So don’t fret, you have a right to be here, you have a right of free expression, you have a right to be whatever you wish to be.
You are a winner. “Don’t worry, everything will be alright”
Have a superb day.
If you had to give one life-changing tip, what would it be?
Be nice. Don’t be an Arse.
Have a great day 👍
History shouldn’t be cancelled. It should be used as a tool of learning, and ensuring atrocities are not repeated.
If you could erase one trend from history, what would it be?
Easy. That would be the modern trend of trying to erase history and pretending it never happened. I never thought that in my lifetime I’d ever witness people deliberately burying their heads as depicted by old time cartoons.
But hey brother, that day is already with us, and it is happening.
It’s true that there are horrific, disgusting dehumanising aspects of history that we would have all preferred not to hear of or witness, and humans are responsible for creating all of those words listed above, throughout the timeline of history. Life is about learning, learning of other’s mistakes and wrong doing and making things better, ensuring such atrocities never occur again.
Yes, we learn from history, we can correct what went wrong, ensure that others learn and do the same, pass the learnings on and ensure we are all aware of the difference between right and wrong. Unfortunately there are a few who are a bit behind us at the moment and need to play catch up. There is always that underbelly of society who just don’t get it, their heads are already well and truly buried.
Don’t erase history. It happened, it can’t be hidden and we should all learn from it. Mankind has erred throughout history, we should learn from those mistakes, and ensure it never happens again.
It’s how a civilised society develops. Erasing what has happened in the past is pure ignorance, and is totally irresponsible.
But for some, it’s just easier to bury their heads. Out of sight, out of mind. That attitude will never work, but they will sure give it a go!
Be careful out there, stay safe 👍
A prompt from Wordpress that pretty much answers its own question. If only common sense could be a lesson.
Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are?
Experience defines a person and their relative behaviours and beliefs, so the choices in the prompt above are both closely related.
Who you are, how you appear to others is a result of experiences that have shaped you throughout your life.
You live and learn. That’s how it has always been.
Now, if only common sense could be taught, wouldn’t that be nice?
Have a great weekend all.
I’d want to be an Owl, what a “Hoot” it would be……I’ll get my coat
If you had to be an animal for a week, which one would you be and why?
I’d probably like to be an Owl, just like the big fellah “Elvis” in the picture above. A great grey owl I had the pleasure of meeting a few weeks ago on a falconry day that was purchased for me as a birthday gift.
Sleep all day (that would be nice 👌) awake all night (pretty much standard for me) and exceptionally good hearing (another sense that I am truly blessed with, just as well as everyone else in the family are as deaf as posts 😂)
Silent hunters, lone operators and super senses, they are just a wonderful creation to set your eyes upon.
Who wouldn’t want to be an Owl.
Have a “Hoot” of a day 👍
Sometimes Wordpress drop some really banal prompts to answer. Most I don’t bother with, I think you can see I’m now a tad miffed by it all. Simple answers are all that’s needed. No explanation necessary.
What’s one habit that has improved your life the most?
Easy really and quite simple.
Minding my own business
Stay safe. Don’t be nosey 👍
Try not to get old, or age too quickly
What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you?
Don’t get old.
Or at the very least, in your younger years try your best to delay ageing. I wish I’d done that. No turning back now, it’s a regret.
And you become bitter and twisted..
It’s draining, physically and mentally.
Have a good day
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