life Is a journey ... not a destination
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And love is not a feeling ... it's a way of living that creates a feeling! There have been many life lessons that escaped my attention for years, laying hidden, invisible under the daily pressures of work, money, family, birthdays, holidays and other issues demanding attention. But my journey explains who I am, who I was and who I will become. Everyone's journey is unique and yet we all probably have in common that we live, love and struggle through most of them. |
,I have always been curious about our world, about nature and people, and I like to get out and do things. As a teenager I explored central England by canoe and hitchhiked around Europe. After graduating from university in the 1970's, I travelled overland across Africa. A 19,000 km trip that had no back-up, no security and no modern technology to support it. It was strongly influential in my future thinking, not least because during my travels I had to face days that could so easily have proved to be my last. It was a terrible, wonderful experience and over the years I've learned more from re-evaluating it than I did whilst doing it.
Back in England I spent 10 years in a variety of job roles, sometimes employed, sometimes self-employed. I always worked hard and was honest and straight forward in all my business dealings. I had great results, and in some areas enjoyed myself a lot. But I was psychologically challenged by many other business people who had very different beliefs and values to mine.
During these years I was married into a family famous in the world of entertainment, and I focused my efforts on building the future, and creating a place called home. The universe however had a different plan in store and, for reasons I still don't understand, love was lost. I was left stranded, learning how to mend a broken heart and find new strengths to change course. It was my darkest time.
On the hobby front I moved from racing single seat hydroplanes to the much slower team sport of offshore sailing and joined as crew on a yacht based on the Hamble on the south coast. Often wet, cold and uncomfortable but a great time and my passion for sailing continues in a more relaxed way to this day.
Back in England I spent 10 years in a variety of job roles, sometimes employed, sometimes self-employed. I always worked hard and was honest and straight forward in all my business dealings. I had great results, and in some areas enjoyed myself a lot. But I was psychologically challenged by many other business people who had very different beliefs and values to mine.
During these years I was married into a family famous in the world of entertainment, and I focused my efforts on building the future, and creating a place called home. The universe however had a different plan in store and, for reasons I still don't understand, love was lost. I was left stranded, learning how to mend a broken heart and find new strengths to change course. It was my darkest time.
On the hobby front I moved from racing single seat hydroplanes to the much slower team sport of offshore sailing and joined as crew on a yacht based on the Hamble on the south coast. Often wet, cold and uncomfortable but a great time and my passion for sailing continues in a more relaxed way to this day.