Tag: dailyprompt

Burying our heads in the sand

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.

Let’s erase history

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 👍

Add a sprinkling of common sense

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.

Owl be back – hoot hoot

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?

Great grey owl

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 👍

Oi! Nosey

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 👍

Don’t get old

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

Mind your own business

Oi you! Yes you! Just mind your own business!

If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be and why?

I think I already posses that skill.

And that skill is:

Just minding my own business.

In life we have control over just two things, our thoughts and our own actions. You can’t control whatever anyone else thinks or does, so why waste your time in trying!

Just mind your own business. That’s work a plenty in many cases.

Have a super day👍

My Gold bling bike

My favourite purchase, from the days of my youth…

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

It was around 1984 that the Raleigh bicycle company in the UK released the Raleigh Record Sprint entry level racing bicycle. I would have been around 18-19 years of age at the time and I would have been working in central London, temping as a photographic technician at the time. I would have been working between Edgware Road and Farringdon, and would be cycling in from Bushey in Hertfordshire every day, about 25 miles each way at the time. I was quite fit back then.

The Raleigh Record Sprint

My mum at the time had one of those catalogues where you could purchase items over a period of time otherwise known in the UK as on the, “Never Never”. I loved this bike as this particular model had a lot of Gold coloured attributes, gold handle bars and levers as well as a gold chain set and mudguards. This bike really looked like, “The mutts nuts” as they say.

It was a pleasure to ride however the pot holed roads of London were not the ideal surface for a road racing bike with pencil thin tyres and narrow rimmed wheels. It gradually got to the stage where I was spending more time in maintaining the bike at the roadside, and being late for work, that I made the decision to transfer to public transportation.

I worked with a lad at the time who was mad on biking and he turned up to work one day on what I believe was one of the first mountain bikes I had ever seen. I was very sceptical at the time joking that there were, “No mountains in London” however he was the one cycling the roads of London daily with no issues with punctured tyres or breakdowns.

It turned out that Mountain bikes were the way forward on the mean pot holed roads of central London. Though, it would be a few years before I could afford one of my own.

I’ve seen many old Raleigh Record Sprint bikes since and have always considered getting another. But to be honest they command such a strong price now that to be realistic, it just wouldn’t be worth it as I’m probably never going to actually ride one again.

It was a lovely bike, it served a purpose but was killed by the potholes that were strewn across London in the mid eighties. The roads haven’t improved much since, but the bikes have, hence the amount of them you see if you ever venture that way.

Have a lovely day. Stay safe.

For me to know, for you to find out

If you want peace and tranquility. Don’t mention politics or religion.

How have your political views changed over time?

You develop political exposure from a young and influential age, mainly encouraged by the leanings towards the political views of your parents. Wrong or right, you tend to follow their views until you get out into the big wide world and see for yourself exactly what is going on. And then you realise the majority of them are all the same, all likewise little piggies with their snouts in the trough, all looking for something for themselves. All self serving little tow rags for want of a better word.

And that’s pretty much all I will say about politics. As with religion, I have very personal views on both, and as they are both probably the two most proven causes of distrust and war in this world, that is where I will remain quiet. My views, my business, and never will they be imposed upon anyone.

Let’s change the subject.

Have a good weekend.

Patience and calmness

Where has all the calmness and patience gone…

What is something others do that sparks your admiration?

I admire absolute patience that people display in their day to day activities. Not everyone, as not all possess the ability to do so.

Those people who spend time with the elderly, and those with special needs, always willing to give help and advice and not be distracted until the person requiring that assistance is content and has an understanding.

Those people are special, remaining calm and never showing signs of panic, or frustration and remaining level headed throughout.

I must admit I have only ever met a few of these people however they always have my utmost respect and admiration.

What happened along the way that the majority of people lost this ability? What have we done wrong and can we ever get that ability back again? Wouldn’t that be truly wonderful.

Wouldn’t it be a much more pleasant existence if we could all be just that way.

As you may suspect, I haven’t met many people like this lately.

Have a good day.

Worrying

Worry, it’s a draining burden, but is it necessary?

What could you do less of?

Its probably a subject matter that will be picked up on quite a bit i should imagine, purely because of the state of things in this big wide world, and because of the burdens we put upon our selves quite unnecessarily. Now I ain’t any psychologist, and you aren’t going to find a health hack here. Someone has asked the question, and I’m just giving my two penneth worth as they say.

Why do we worry? God knows, we worry about what others think when in all truthfulness they don’t give a rats ass about you, it’s something that has somehow worked its way into your psyche and it’s now programmed to pester you 24hrs a day. Just forget it they say, that’s easier said than done, it’s like a medieval soldier being sent into battle and being told, “Don’t worry about any armour, they just want to talk!” As soon as your defences are down, fight and flight appears on the scene, and that makes things a million times worse.

It’s strange that some of our biggest battles are with our own internal settings, when in our own personal little world there really is nothing to worry about. We worry about things that could happen, when they most probably will not, we worry about others, which is not a bad thing, but we neglect our own well being.

And here I am, fully loaded with all of the above spouting all this bilge out, why? Am I just replying to that prompt issued by WP? Or am I crying out for help? Probably neither to be honest, I’m just letting people know in advance that I’m probably one of life’s inherently natural worriers, and if I ever meet you I’m probably going to worry about your well being as well.

It’s probably why I’m so introverted, there’s a limit to just how much infectious burden you can bear, and to be honest I think my brain has a short circuit in that area.

It would be lovely to off load all that burden, and for once, stand without that emotional globe on my weary shoulders.

Take care, and have a wonderful day, i worry about you.