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The melting pot

Today felt like a melting pot. Around me via walking around, interactions online and face to face, hearing voices on the phone, the emotions: pain, anxiety, laughter and mirth,  I felt the contrast of tears and carnival atmospheres of groups as the sun beat down in London town, of struggling, laughter and suffering, boundaries broken as parents continue to work out the way they will deal with their schedules, oblivion, joy. There are people who are unaffected by the news today and within the world today, content with indifference and the bliss of extra downtime, while some whose desires to learn have been ignited, others afflicted by pain first-hand and others who have never been more successful, it all feels so Ecclesiastes. The summer brings heat. It tends to bring anger to the surface, it heats up the bubbling feelings of frustration, as well as suppressed and repressed pain like a hot pepper soup, where that wrong way down that bite can cause a violent splutteri...

"Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you" Paulo Coelho

No matter how old you are, it is not too late to make your Love-given dreams come true. I cannot begin to imagine what yours are so I won't deign to conjure up the usual clichés but you know what they are. I am persistently and consistently inspired (sometimes to the point of inertia, ironically) by people's actions. But as I acquire more days in my life-repertoire (hehe) the more I realise that dreams are about getting started, getting on with it, adapting as necessary along the path, getting results and always learning. Sometimes it's not easy, sometimes it is, but it should be pursued. Always.  Work towards the fulfilment of your Love-given dreams.