Random Kindness

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Random Kindness

For the third time in my life I find myself clawing my way back from the bottom… or I did…

Now, finally I have my “toys” back. There’s nothing quite like working three computers concurrently to focus the mind. People take note… If you’re good at these crazy PC games, there’s a whole world of opportunity out there where that talent can be nurtured into a glowing career.

In my day it was Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and that original Atari tennis game the name of which eludes me right now. But as unsociable as it may sometimes appear to others. These skills often teach one to multitask in a way no other can. For example, heading off for aptitude tests in the armed forces, many of those tests are essentially games, albeit in real life there’s a whole lot more at stake. But if one has the peripheral vision that can concentrate successfully on many items at once and react quickly to those bogeyman threats, the chances are one can go far… and quickly. I’ve been there.

These days I am probably not as fast as I used to be but I still enjoy getting things done quickly and effectively…

Of course it’s not all about speed of output but also prioritisation. Operational effectiveness is the word which gets bantered about so much these days. Boxing clever. Getting a grip over one’s fears isn’t easy. The theory can be, but in practice, and for those who have faced fear in whatever form it takes, taking the right course can often be a daunting one, but never unsurmountable.

Clearing my new hovel over the last few days, so many of these books appeared from boxes. Books I haven’t read for years. All about successful habits of the rich and famous and how to pick oneself up from failures, however big or small they may seem to others. I read the odd page of one or two, but to me they’re old hat, the knowledge is already engraved in my memories from so many moons ago, when I would meet death head on very often… Was I canon fodder? no indeed I was not. The majority of what I have seen has not been in foreign lands but right here on home soil. The victims of which most likely never visited a bookshop or were sadly ignorant that help is out there.

I simply wanted to mention a random act of kindness from a most unlikely source. Somebody who knocked on my door last night. We rarely speak… A single green tea bag was offered to help me sleep along with a rather interesting little PG Tips momento toy for good luck. Also a note with the name of two organisations that had helped them in the past. It was a random and unexpected visit.

To all those out there I suggest that even such a small token can make a huge difference. Don’t ignore strangers. There’s always something that can be done. Truth of the matter is that it wasn’t required, but that doesn’t negate the thought involved by that third party and once again I am grateful.

I have my toys back and these few days off have enabled me to make this hovel my own. Boxes unpacked, that’s right unpacked, I have decided to give it another month. I know what needs to be done in the future, the knowledge is there. The action list written. Done through prior knowledge and with the help of the pills that helped me think straight once again. Not to mention some cracking sleep they helped me gain.

http://simonduringer.com will be reborn in 2015, newer, better, more inovative…

Keep watching people as this man is no quitter, quite the opposite. Many good friends, mostly ‘virtual’ friends helped remind me of that. Acts of random kindness, advice and the knowledge I’m not the first person to hit such hard times has for sure reminded me of who I am.

Yes, I do still hold out hopes for a reconciliation, but I know for that I must also make some changes and once those changes are made, whatever the outcome I will turn out a better person than before…

Look out for the interviews coming up in the next few weeks as I will be looking for more Simon’s 10 QI victims, but also some new victims, victims of on the spot verbal interviews…

Let’s have some fun, raise some profiles and sell some books!

Have a great weekend one and all and if anybody is suffering from what I have just been through feel free to drop me a line… I’d be happy to share the limited knowledge I have.

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