Thursday, May 14, 2015

Your perception is not my reality

"perception is reality" one of the phrases that's resonated with me all through my career and beyond really...
...while it may be true, for people like me, this is really hard to grasp, come to terms with or accept...
why should your perception be my reality in any case? Perhaps to you it's real however it may be something totally different for me...
And I will have to live with that and deal with it
similar concept but slightly tangential those people who live in their self absorbed bubble, hard for the rest of us to break through or even get any empathy... So how does that even work?

someone once told me I had no empathy... I have since really tried hard to  see things from other people's perspective, and to an extent it does help  cos God only knows we are all definitely not the same! and while sometimes I find it hard to relate it does certainly help to make sense of things, and in extreme cases almost push us away from people who are too different, but at a base level I do always like to at least start off thinking everyone is likeable to start and that we can learn something from each person we meet!

Sunday, May 10, 2015

in another life

young free and reckless
oh the joys of youth
then we get chained down
with responsibilities
and can only be so young free and reckless
Or maybe we just start becoming risk averse
Scared to take chances
To try something new
To just do as we please
Follow our hearts...
Except for us inherently reckless people
Or in someone else's view
the fearless ones 
Who take chances
Ate into the unknown
Don't always have a plan
Let life lead us where it may!

that walk...

We walked through the city
a long walk
a quiet walk
down the streets of London
Symbolic in a way
That city that joined us
You held my hand
We were ever so young
I was unsure of myself 
Cos I knew what I was like
Tried to warn you
I love completely
and all consumingly
I didn't want to feel the pain 
of rejection of abandonment
so I told you let's not start
if it was only meant to end
But we were young
and I suppose fearless
In hindsight perhaps foolish
I still remember that walk
through that majestic city 
Would things be different?
We'll never really know
But I know I'll always remember 
that Victoria Embankment kiss!