My wife and I were staying at a resort in the north of the Philippines called Pagudpud. I would rise early, go down to the breakfast beach hut, choose a seat where there was nothing between me and the gentle swell of the China Sea massaging me mentally. I would open my notebooks and write…
Conversations with My Younger Self
Every time I put pen to paper, I ask myself, who am I? I’ve never discovered that answer. Upstairs in my vaults, I’m a youth, or a young man. That has never changed. I have gained some wisdom. I still make emotional decisions. I’m spontaneous and I have made some disastrous plans in life. I…
Why Do I Feel Bad After Doing Something Wrong?
The key word in the person’s question is the word “Wrong”. No matter where you are in the world, if someone skips the queue in a supermarket checkout, someone will feel compelled to complain. No matter where you are in the world, if a child falls in a river, onlookers will feel compelled to save…
What Would I Tell My Younger Self?
What advice would I give to my younger self and this younger generation? There’s the French proverb, Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait Meaning that it’s better to have an older head on younger shoulders, but life doesn’t work out that way; we learn wisdom by experience and looking back; I have a key point to…
How To Hide From Humans
I was singing a song this morning as my wife was getting ready for work. She is from the Philippines. She asked, ‘where did you get that song?’ ‘It’s an old Glasgow street song,’ I replied. Perhaps you sung it as a child? When I did a bit of research on it, it seems it…