Has the world really changed forever post-COVID-19? Not only are we being told it has we are also being told that the changes will remain forever. The phrase they use is “NEW NORMAL.” We’ve heard it for weeks, months and looks like if our ‘leaders’ have their way we will be hearing it a lot…

Some days… I feel like doing nothing. Today is one of those days so I will do nothing or at least it LOOKS like I’m doing nothing. Yet, I believe that doing nothing can give me everything. I also believe doing too much can lose me everything. Let me explain. You might not know this…

The Life Continuum Life isn’t like that. Life isn’t what you expect it to be and rarely becomes what you are told it’ll become. I am going to be an old dad or a dad again over the age of fifty. I love the idea. I learnt this. I sometimes learnt this the hard way.…

The Penny In the 90s a woman prayed to God for a money. She had none. She couldn’t feed her children. She couldn’t pay for anything. In fact, she prayed just for a penny because a penny is better than nothing. After her prayer, she stood up in tears and walked out of her cold,…

Life Is Never Lost December 25th, 2009 I woke up in the tiniest room of the tiniest house I had ever lived in. The house built from handcrafted red clay brick was around 200 plus years old. Many a person had travelled through each room before I had arrived. Before me, I imagined the previous…

Recreating Your Life – What If What If, I walked away from everything. What would happen? How do I access my superpowers to do the things I never thought I could do before? Do I have superpowers to deliberately recreate the life I want? Listen to the conversation with the author and writer Alan Forrest…

Deliberate Recreation 1. Is there a 4th dimension in action in our daily lives? I think there is. I know there is yet for most that is uncomfortable thinking that there can be more than what we can see and hear. Yet With the wind in your face you know the wind is there but…

A Family Reshaped A happy life after divorce recovery. Yesterday I was reminded of something I now feel I might have been forgetting. Let me explain. Family can be your greatest friends. They can also become your worst enemies. Divorce forces a detachment from what was and creates a new blank screen that has to…

The Zoomanic Trance Continues It took me 53 years to cast my very first vote. It has taken me 54 years to realise and understand why not voting or remaining neutral to voting served me as a human so well. First Humanity is in a state of internal flux yet the purpose of humankind is…

The Bully & The Regime When I first moved from Scotland to England I was bullied. Not for any other reason apart from I sounded different to the English kids. My parents thought it would be a good idea for me and my brother to go Ju-Jitsu. We did and not only did I claim…

What’s your human value? You passport determines your value as a human being. Let me explain. I watched a detailed documentary about migrants and refugees. They looked at the movement of people from a different angle and it made me think. First, the word migrant or migration. What and why? Think about it why do…

Observations Monday It’s Monday and it’s sunny thank God. After coffee, we walked over to the post office to send over a couple of parcels we sold on eBay. I admit we do sell a lot of stuff on eBay and why not. I have sold things minutes after posting on eBay. After coffee, we…

I’m drinking coffee more coffee and thinking… We woke up. The boiler is broke, the apartment is cold so it’s a coffee shop morning. Don’t get me wrong we do this everyday but today is two coffees rather than one because Thursday holds something for me I used to fight. It’s this. Thursday would always…

Notes from Italy & Beyond I mentioned some time ago I was doing an experiment. The experiment is called my deliberate recreation. The idea is to evaluate life and all things in life. Identify what doesn’t work in life and then make the changes that are needed. That doesn’t mean fixing things that can also…

The Republic Of Trump (formerly known as America) I don’t ever remember a time when one man was spoken of so negatively on a global scale. Some of it I understand. Look after America before we look after others – ‘healer heal thyself’ And it’s easy to judge the judged without them actually delivering anything.…

George Michael is Dead. I won’t pretend I am shocked. I loved what George Michael stood for. He came across as anti hero yet was a hero. I never liked popcorn music of Wham although they penetrated every summer party for years in the 80s Then when he revealed his real talent through his solo…

Is Old Age Dead? At 104 years old he works 7-days a week and loves it. Gives over 150 lectures and stands for the full 90-minutes to keep him self-strong. He believes that his daily well-being comes from feeling good and nothing more. He also stays those that live long and never overweight. He finished…

What is life? What is happiness? What is life? For some, it is collecting a vast amount of wealth. For others, it can be something as simple as finding true love. For others, it can mean taking every risk they can with their life jumping from planes, mountains and into deep rivers. Others just want…

Gadget Addiction – The Life Inside My Screen By Alan Forrest Smith: May 30th 2016 I’m sitting in a cafe. The sun shines, there’s no wind and I am surrounded by strangers. My darling wife is sitting to my left. She is holding my arm like she always holds my arm. She looks at me…

Migrants Dead and More Migrants Die – Another Day In Paradise Here we go again, another day, another Syrian life The story continues as the world turns it’s back – again A mother of a son sends him to life. Life is the opposite of death in a distant place. If her son stays in…