Change: 06/05/2010
 Change is ahead! I am sitting at the laptop surrounded by untold amount of boxes as tommorrow at 12ish we move....Contracts were signed yesterday and are due to exchange tommorrow. On top of this we will, by the same time tommorrow, have a new government - or at least I assume so if all the pollls are accurate. The day we move out, so does Gordon....? I'm sitting here reflecting a little as we have a lot of dreams and memories wrapped up in this house and a loads of dreams and memories wrapped up in (the early days of) what Labour have done. I don't buy 'the last 13 years have been rubbish' line but neither do I accept it's all be bliss for the last 13 years. The New Leabour dream has gone in my view mainly down to a great leader believing his own hype - shame on you Tony. You were once a great man but you still left a legacy to be proud off (bar Iraq!). But, more important to mne are the memories that we will leave here. Wouldn't be right to go into the detail here as some of it is very personal and not for public consumtion but, save to say, we have some good memories wrapped up here. I feel a little chocked....? But it's onwards and upwards to a house that means we can fufil another dream (of starting to foster at the back end of the year). 'Be the change you want to see is our motto' and this move is not about getting higher status or a bigger house for the sake of it. Whilkst we will enjoy a new and bigger house, it's about a means to an end. Having a spare room to house and care for kids and help them have a better start in life. So, yes memories but dreams too. Life's good eh. You just need to grab it by the nuts and go for dreams!! We'll be offline for some time so no posts aftre this for some time. See you on the other side!! 3 Comments | About the blogger:
Dave started blogging when, as a family, we went to live in India for 3.5 months in '08. You'll find out all about that story by going to our old blog here.
Dave overdid it a bit on the old blog in India with posts going up most days, so since returning to the UK, he has taken a bit of a break but feels now it's time to blog again! (July '09). Blogging is a weird thing and a bit voyeristic at times (!) so why do it? Surely life blogging in the UK will never be as exciting for people as it was in India? Well, the main reason for beginning to blog again is that we are pretty naff at the normal kind of communication! We have a number of good friends that do not live in the UK too and this is just one way we feel we can touch base with them. Feedback is that they are happy (ish) with that too! The final good reason for starting again is that the one person who has hassled me back to blogging is my older brother in China who runs a great blog about his bizzare life in China which you can view here. I guess if I am honest it's him I have in my mind when I blog so, for his sake (as I know he will read it!), if for no one elses...here goes.... Dave ;-) Categories:All ArchivesJanuary 2012 Life mantra:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought. |
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