Well I am glad I've tackled those issues, part three is coming tomorrow so please come back then for the final part in my "Fighting Bear Traps..." series of postings.
I hope you can understand why I have had to take this detour because I realised that since my "60 Seconds..." broadcast launched, it has just sort of taken over this blog and breathed new life into it, the likes of which I wasn't expecting.
Life, Not a Solution But a Sentiment
As you can imagine, my brief time working as a telesales advisor, doing 13 hour days (yes, that's right, 13 hour days!) has sapped up all of my time, energy and resources meaning that the broadcast was the minimum commitment I could commit to (HA! Say that thirteen times fast!).
In fact, what I was going to say here was that I was wondering whether to split the blog into two and create a new one for my personal thoughts now that the broadcast has taken over.
For now I won't...
Instead, I want to talk about the little things in life that we can often take for granted.
Take what I did today, a simple trip to Manchester, home to the two greatest football teams in the country (see what I did there? I protected myself from the wrath of the red and the blue!) because I've still got a few days remaining on my weekly bus tickets.
It's funny how you can buy things and then with hindsight wonder whether you would if you knew what the future held. I got my weekly tickets and within a day, I was walking out of my job by mutual agreement because it simply was not right for me and I for it.
I wanted to go to Manchester just to chill, have a look round and just enjoy myself.
Did I?
Memories at Random
You bet I did, first off on the list was the all-important lunch and for that I went to Rowntree's cafe in the Arndale, having a jacket potato with chilli & cheese. a-ma-ZING!!! :-D
After that, my intention was to do a circular on both floors of the shopping centre, but I made one decision which would forever alter the course of my afternoon.
I went in That's Entertainment, the sort of shop I am always likely to go to when it comes to boosting my DVD collection (I'll have to post a pic on here sometimes because it'll make even the diehard collector excited!).
Right now, I'm in the knights, fair maidens, dragons, castles kind of kick for my entertainment needs, having just watched an exceptional film with James Purefoy in it called "Ironclad". I promise I'll commit to a review of that in the days ahead!
It's like I literally cannot buy enough of these DVDs to entertain me, having reviewed my media intake thanks to a life-changing message from Pastor Paul Garner of !Audacious Church: -
Now whether you watched this or not, is of no concern to me at this point, it was this message that singularly changed my outlook on the TV programmes, films, news items I was letting into my world so freely before this.
This results in my simple assessment now whenever I buy a DVD or a videogame; is it against what Paul talked about in the above message? Is it going against what I should be letting myself see/hear?
Think
about that for a minute; a million little things all vying for your
time, love and attention. Which of those are worth following up on?
Bringing Memories Into Focus
For me, it was a simple act of a trip to Manchester that reminded me that I enjoy spending time by myself, in my own company, but also in the company of so many others as I walked the busy streets.
Does that imply I'm any nearer to my solution to loneliness? Not necessarily, because you can be in the crowded streets and feel like you're on your lonesome.
What I am saying, though, is that this one little thing actually improved my day as I fully intended to make use of the final days of these weekly tickets before I have to pay again.
So, having been in "That's Entertainment", I was faced with a choice to go to the upper floor to look at more DVDs, but I originally decided against it.
Only to renege on the decision and go anyway...
That one decision would cost me nearly two hours of my time, yet lose no ounce of enjoyment as I was trawling the reductions, finding two films that I'm looking forward to watching: -
Robin Hood: Beyond Sherwood Forest, starring the sexy, yes, (that's right I do have feels, despite what some would say about us believers!) and incredibly talented Erica Durance as Marian and: -
Me and Orson Welles, starring another of my favourite actors; Zac Efron.
These two films could not contrast much more, could they? Yet I picked them both up for a combined total of 75p. Cue the jokes of 'you wouldn't pay more for them if you could anyway' and that's... shut up, I don't care what you or anyone thinks of me! :-D
I saw these, yes, judged them by the cover sleeve and know I'll enjoy them. That's right, I know I'll enjoy them because I know what I like and I like what I know! :-P
So combine this with what I've just said about the little things making me who I am today, and you've got a recipe for a good time!
Just make sure you know what your recipe is before you go, bro's!
Peace off!
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