So it is 18 daysish, before christmas, the shops christmas sales campaign, is in full force, go in to any town centre and you will see decorations, a tree, lots of flashing lights. You will no doubt see the float from the Rotary club, and the brass band of the salvation army playing "we three kings" with the elderly women rattling the donation tins. Certainly the town centres are busy at the moment, and the local economy is being boosted.
So, What have I been up to I here you ask? well not alot really, just got up, got ready and went to work, by taxi, as no buses run at half 5 in the morning. Coming across the meadow just outside Loughborough it was down to -11, bloody cold indeed, it was cold moving buses round to get mine out for the morning school run.
Coming home, it was foggy, and I arrived home about 8ish, I have a later start tomorrow, so I can go in on the bus. In some ways I am looking forward to having some time off during christmas, not because it is christmas, nope, I need to recharge batteries, regroup, and start off afresh. To be honest people ask me, " what do I want for christmas?" I usually dont know, I dont really want anything materialistic, Christmas is supposed to be a happy time, but, to me it is a time for reflection, a time to remember those who have departed. A couple of people left my everyday life during Christmas, and one special person came back in to my life during christmas, which was one of the best presents someone could get.
I know I keep talking about awakening the giant with, becoming aware of the world them. I do believe that we are all individual, unique, special, we all have something to contribute to life, Thats why, I disagree with lots of things that go on in life, be it politics, consumerism etc. Now we can all go on about these things until we are blue in the place, there is one very important thing and that is freedom, which does exist to a degree, although we are all slaves to money, as without this we can not survive. How many of us can actually say that we are free in our mind and spirit, the answer is not alot. People call me a fence sitter, as I dont jump onto bandwagons, and I dont care for being part of the clique. I like to earn my respect by my own merits. I like to look at both points of view. If you look at news reports of the conflict in Afganistan, some reporters are pro american, and some are pro afgan, I like to get both sides and make my mind up from there. As Robbie and Gary say in their song, " there are 3 versions to this story, mine and yours and the truth". again I leave you on that one. TTFN
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