Poems About Life Love Friendship
Posted in Observations on Life on Jun 22nd, 2008
Who was it that said, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” I sometimes turn to the bard to express feelings that could otherwise be mixed and misunderstood. In a couple of week friends are moving overseas for a couple of years. The wife is a senior partner in a large, international accounting firm and is going [...]
Posted in Poems on Mar 23rd, 2008
One of the most pressing problems, to my mind in our modern society is mental illness. Drugs don’t seem to be the answer. In fact it seems that many drugs exacerbate the problem. I wrote this poem in an attempt to gain some sort of understanding of the state of mind of someone who is [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Mar 16th, 2008
I spend a great deal of my life assisting other’s to progress in their lives. It is the most satisfying and uplifting thing I know how to do. That’s not to say life is a simple journey from success to success. Anybody who says he has never failed either has never attempted to do anything, [...]
Noteworthy news this week is the closeness of the Democratic race for the nomination. The choices are clear and stark; or are they? Two firsts, one an unknown quantity to an extent. The other well known. It may be their strengths are also their weaknesses. On one hand, the lack of experience may tell against [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Nov 3rd, 2007
Recently I spoke of losing a friend. It ended when the other person reacted very negatively about my decision not to associate with them in an an area of our lives that overlapped. As I said, I was saddened, but would not resile from what I believed to be true. I thought a great deal [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Sep 2nd, 2007
It’s Sunday morning here in Sydney, Australia. The date is September 2. That means it’s spring. As I drove out from the car park of my gym I turned right. Right into very heavy traffic, not usual for a Sunday. Unless the local football team had a home game. Yep, the final round before the [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Aug 13th, 2007
Have you ever been ‘In the zone,’ as they say? I experienced it the other night at the beginning of the latest squash season. I was asked to fill in in a team about six grades higher than I usually play. That meant I had to play two matches on the same night. I went [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Jul 30th, 2007
“No Pressure, no diamond.” This saying is attributed to a lady called Mary Case. I have no idea who she may be, but her statement is very profound. How many times have we found ourselves almost at the end of our tether. Life has dealt us blow after blow, yet we keep on. When the [...]
