Everyone says ‘life is too short’. You might think it’s a cliche, but when you are someone who has stared death in the face too closely for comfort, and witnessed multiple deaths at close hand when you were in one of your weakest places already, you realise with starkness that your time in this earth is fragile, valuable and could be over at a moments notice without warning.
Continue reading “Poem: There is no time”Month: August 2020
The fragility of life
The signs are all around us, but we often become blind to them, choose to ignore them, or kid ourselves into believing they don’t apply to us. What am I talking about? Life. something far too many of us take for granted.
*Please note: some of the issues addressed in this blog could be quite confronting to some readers*.
Continue reading “The fragility of life”Poem: I can’t run
I don’t usually focus on negatives but there are some things that I try to ignore – but struggle. Things I used to be able to do, but will never do again. Things that from time to time I hear others complain about – in a nice way.. but it makes me wish I had the opportunity to complain about it. In fact, I wish I had the opportunity to do it agin, maybe even just one time.
Continue reading “Poem: I can’t run”I have a plan – at last!
I am someone who likes to work from targets and action plans. That said, I have found the last 4 weeks post surgery really tough, because everyone told me to take it easy and that I needed to give it time for everything to heal to a point where it was safe to move forwards with rehab. Waiting indefinitely is not a strong point of mine!
Continue reading “I have a plan – at last!”The science of waiting lists
Having been on both sides of this (the one where you seemingly wait for years, and the one where something is done absolutely instantly) I have a whole new viewpoint on Public health system waiting lists, and get really annoyed at people who complain about how long they have to wait.
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