Quest for Sense

If you want great things to come into your life, do something towards it today.
And each day.

Ever heard the saying "if you want to get the job done, give it to a busy person"?

You'd think the right answer would be to give it to a person who has time to get the job done, but that's exactly what that old adage is warning against. And I've just come to realise, it is shockingly true.

For most of my life I've been a very busy person - to the point of wondering if I'm not taking on too much. But I've always got through the load, and with pretty good results ...

When you Really
Truly
and
Absolutely
Live in The Moment
Nothing can stop you.

And people will follow you.

Watching recent developments around what is rather quaintly called "strike action" in our country, I couldn't help but think of the tale of the fox and the scorpion. For those that don't know it, it goes something like this:

A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly, he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river.

The fox said, "No. If I do that, you'll sting me, and I'll

...

Last night I watched a jumbo jet flying through the night sky on its way to land at King Shaka International Airport.

All you could see was a cluster of lights moving across the night sky at pace. And there was that unmistakable distant roar of the jet engines I'm sure most of us are so familiar with.

What would someone sitting in a field next to the camp fire gazing at the stars have thought of such a sight and sound just 200 years ago, let alone 2000 years ago? ...

In 2001 I was a one man business - and incredibly happy with it.

I had one service product to deliver.
I had a portfolio of very satisfied, faithful clients producing a very steady supply of orders.
The "office" was a room in the house.
I didn't have to deal with staff. Or VAT. Or much in the way of red tape.
The total monthly operating costs of the business (including rent) were covered in the first four days of trading - the rest of the month ...