Say something to make at least three people really happy in one day. BRET NICHOLAUS
Day: 29 January 2018
SUNSHINE
For the next 7 days I am going to reach out to at least one person a day especially where I sense that someone may be in need. It may be to someone I already know or it may be a total stranger. It will have to be a form of communication that requires more effort than just sending a text or an email. At the very least, a phone call. At best, my physical presence. After 7 days I will add a post describing how I got on.
A FRIEND INDEED
It was all going so well. I had driven about 100 kms from our house in France en-route to London. I was listening to some soothing classics as I sipped a shake I had made in lieu of breakfast. A long day’s driving lay ahead but I love driving, particularly in Europe and I am used to the trip and know the way well. I was considering listening to a podcast and so I cast my eyes to the floor of the passenger seat where my IPad was. Well, where it supposedly was because it wasn’t. Instant panic. I looked…
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
I’ve just been to the library. As a child, this was where I found my solace, my nourishment and my escape. Without a father and with an absent mother, I would spend hours wandering between the shelves, the smell of old books pervading my nostrils and the silence strangely comforting. Without the distraction of television and well before the advent of social media and technology, books ( and the occasional film ) were the only means of escaping into a world of fantasy . Through reading and books I learned how to numb myself , to remove myself from reality…