What to say

So it’s been a while since my last blog post, other than a connecting walk post in January. Now I’ve pondered why I haven’t posted and it’s mainly because I’ve not had so much to say now I’m not working in the same world I once was!! It’s been 6 months since retiring from the

Connecting

What three words location /// crisis.prefer.longer. What three words parking location In the amazing book “lost connections” Johann Hari talks about what he believes are the 9 causes of depression contrary to the idea of chemical imbalance and many medical ideas and definitions. Loss of connections to nature, meaningful work, loss of belonging, disconnection from

It’s not real life

So I sit here writing this just after England have been knocked out of the World Cup. I also sit here very indifferent to the result and the fact that as a 52 year old Englishman I’ve always had the major tournament elation and disappointment. So I am, in one respect, not too bothered and

It’s not all about you!!!

I haven’t written a blog for a while for various reasons and then when I was ready to, there was a global event that meant I felt it wasn’t quite right to blog at that time. However, over the last few days we have seen that global event (the death of Queen Elizabeth the second)

Retirement

30 years in one job, one organisation, one uniform is a commitment I’m proud of and proud to have served my community. Living in Birmingham and having served a lot of my career in and around Birmingham stations and Commands I truly feel I have made a difference to the area I live in. However,

All you can eat.

Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around comes to you, reach out your hand and take a moderate helping. Does it pass you by? Don’t stop it. It hasn’t yet come? Don’t burn in desire for it, but wait until it arrives in front of you.

“Virtue” v Virtue

“The virtue that leads to enduring happiness is not a quid pro quo goodness. (I’ll be good “in order to” get something.) Goodness in and of itself is the practice and the reward.” I put this quote from Epictetus as I truly believe it can teach us something about ourselves and more importantly about how

Kenny

As always a title to the blog that may take some explaining. In our house there is one song that as my son was growing up we would sing whilst washing up or just anytime. We also heard it as a dodgy cover version in Egypt and all had a good sing along. The song

The spaces between the spaces.

The spaces between the spaces is a paraphrase from a line in Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull and to be honest it’s a pretty corny line, but, it got me thinking. As we enter into 2022 I have had some time over the Christmas break and New Year to reflect and

Why do some find consistency so hard?

Something you hear at sports events regularly, “yes they are a bad referee but at least they are consistently bad to everyone” If you have watched any kind of amateur sport you will have heard this statement and mostly people agree that an amateur referee who makes mistakes but is consistent in these to both