The untimely death of Paul Walker in the early hours of today serve as an all too regular reminder that this life we are given is a fickle mistress, indeed the same goes for those poor souls lost simply doing their job or having a quiet drink in a Glasgow pub on a Friday night. The fact is we assume much in life but in reality we are here for the moment whether we appreciate it or not and nothing will ever change that, but the vast majority of us look on the optimistic side of life and for the most part it is thankfully seldom wrong.
While we are on the subject of making more of our time on the planet it would seem that over the past few years we are turning more and more to our leaders for answers that quite frankly they can't give and when they don't supply us with exactly what we want to hear we blame them for all that is wrong, that sounds fair surely?
Well no it isn't fair and it isn't even feasible, in fact politicians are just spokesmen and women, they are no different to us, they have no magic wand or secret formula to life in fact many of them will have seen much less of real life than those they would seek to give advice to. But this is a double edged sword as the more we complain to our leaders the more they intervene, the more they intervene the less we like it, Catch Twenty Two never looked so good. If we actually changed our own attitudes and looked at our neighbour with more tolerance we could make big changes ourselves without the need for outside assistance, if we bothered to be the citizen that we all think we are instead of actually are then we would have many more answers to those questions we keep firing at politicians. We all know the local drug dealers, we all know the local thieves, we all know the illegal workers, we all know the untaxed car driver or the persistent drink driver, you may know all or some of these listed and this is but a short list, but if that is the case why do nothing?
May I suggest we do nothing because we expect our leaders to do it? In fact some of you are probably busy compiling a "Dear Deirdre" to your local rag as I write this about the hooligans in your street and the lack of Police on the beat which would suggest as I said earlier that our brighter future is in our own hands not those of Westminster ex-graduates who are about as Au-fait with modern street lifestyle as Boris is to a good hair cut bless him. Have a great Sunday.
While we are on the subject of making more of our time on the planet it would seem that over the past few years we are turning more and more to our leaders for answers that quite frankly they can't give and when they don't supply us with exactly what we want to hear we blame them for all that is wrong, that sounds fair surely?
Well no it isn't fair and it isn't even feasible, in fact politicians are just spokesmen and women, they are no different to us, they have no magic wand or secret formula to life in fact many of them will have seen much less of real life than those they would seek to give advice to. But this is a double edged sword as the more we complain to our leaders the more they intervene, the more they intervene the less we like it, Catch Twenty Two never looked so good. If we actually changed our own attitudes and looked at our neighbour with more tolerance we could make big changes ourselves without the need for outside assistance, if we bothered to be the citizen that we all think we are instead of actually are then we would have many more answers to those questions we keep firing at politicians. We all know the local drug dealers, we all know the local thieves, we all know the illegal workers, we all know the untaxed car driver or the persistent drink driver, you may know all or some of these listed and this is but a short list, but if that is the case why do nothing?
May I suggest we do nothing because we expect our leaders to do it? In fact some of you are probably busy compiling a "Dear Deirdre" to your local rag as I write this about the hooligans in your street and the lack of Police on the beat which would suggest as I said earlier that our brighter future is in our own hands not those of Westminster ex-graduates who are about as Au-fait with modern street lifestyle as Boris is to a good hair cut bless him. Have a great Sunday.
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