July 19th, 2010
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I recently spent three hours with two individuals who seemed to have lost the happiness in their lives. To spend such a length of time with such negative companions is rare for me, but because of circumstances beyond my control it was unavoidable.
The fact is that joy had left their sorry lives, and those who surrounded them had also allowed the negative circumstance that had overtaken them to suck the very life out of their beings.
Even their family had spiraled into lives devoid of happiness. Bickering, mistrust and disagreement was a part of their daily encounters with each other. Not a shred of real happiness could be dug from the murky mire of unhappiness that had become their lot. They had allowed themselves to devote their entire lifetime to misery and miserable words that had encapsulated their miserable lives.
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November 26th, 2009
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Before heading to bed tonight I found myself singing The Beatles song ‘All You Need Is Love’, and soon recalled all the events that had just occurred in my household – just another bustling night in the Sinclair household.
Over dinner, which my wife and I shared with my son and his girlfriend, we found ourselves discussing passionately a whole range of new business ventures we wanted to explore in the new year. This was done over chicken pie, and a very nice chicken pie I might add, where we were dreaming dreams, planning plans, and mapping maps with our words for the future. What a meal. Food for the body, soul and the spirit. Rich food for thought.
Then after the meal my eldest married daughter dropped in to use her mother’s sewing machine. A fault in the machine needed correcting, so out was pulled my trusty tool kit, which ultimately kept things moving seamlessly in the sewing department.
In the midst of this it was decided that the cat needed to be wormed. So wrapped up in a towel to protect all involved, the tablet was administered. Three attempts later, and a few cuts and abrasions inflicted by unhappy claws and teeth, the mission was accomplished.
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I recently spent three hours with two individuals who seemed to have lost the happiness in their lives. To spend such a length of time with such negative companions is rare for me, but because of circumstances beyond my control it was unavoidable.
