I walked out of the hospital and I really had had enough. I should have been happy - the news was not bad - I ‘probably’ didn’t have cancer. ‘Unlikely’. Some tests. But, for me, the news was also far from good… ‘You have a complex condition’. ‘Not sure we can [...]
I have now been single for one year. And, as I have written about before, I’m very content with that. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day… potentially a day that has a greater impact on single people than those in relationships. Whilst couples may exchange cards, gifts and messages of love (I just [...]
I love a good quote, so much so that I’ve got a section of them saved in a photo album on my phone. I forgot they were there until recently when I wanted to send one to a friend and couldn't find the words myself, so I searched my quote folder [...]
In Voltaire’s novel Candide (1759), the question is asked, how can happiness be found? Candide leaves the comfort of his home and his sheltered life to embark upon a journey under the tutelage of Dr Pangloss, where he witnesses a world of evil and suffering, finding no rational explanation for such [...]
