Author Archives: gmjc1966

Over the years, and especially in recent times, I have come to define my life as a crisis of confidence and a fear of failure. For whatever reason, I have invariably and inevitably devalued myself to the extent that I miss, sabotage or completely destroy any opportunities for success, happiness or anything good. I’ve alsoContinue reading “The cutting of noses and spiting of faces”

Well I guess it had to happen eventually. I finally tested positive to COVID yesterday morning! I could feel the aches and pains coming on the night before and thought “I’m getting the flu” but I was sadly mistaken. The kids had tested positive on Saturday evening and Monday morning respectively, so despite the isolationContinue reading “Da da da da dada, I’ve got ‘Rona!!”

Life can be and often is damn hard. We all have our bad times, misfortunes and sadly some absolute tragedies. These events test us to the limits of our human emotional, physical and psychological beings. They can break us. The secret to surviving these darkest of times is – as hard as it may beContinue reading “To struggle is to strengthen”

4 years ago today, Sunday 22nd of April 2018, my life’s dream was shattered. My wife at the time came outside while I was working in the yard and she said to me “I can’t live like this.” She was in tears and pretty soon afterwards, so was I. We had a talk and whilstContinue reading “If You Know What Is Good For You…”

In today’s modern society, value is placed on many different things and sadly it is most commonly the materialistic things that spring to mind when we think of value. Not all that long ago, kicking a crushed can around in the street with your mates gave untold hours of joy and guess what – itContinue reading “What is worth?”

As the saying goes, you never know what you had until it’s gone. I’ve just returned from dropping my 2 teens and their mother at the airport for a trip to Hawaii. They will be away for 12 days. Whilst I do not envisage them never returning, it is still nonetheless extremely difficult emotionally toContinue reading “Love My Life”

Hardships are an inevitability for us humans. We are an eclectic mix of nationalities, personalities and characters. We’ve all had different influences growing up, even though your next door neighbour’s kid is from the same class as your kid and you’ve known them all their lives. Given the diverse nature of our humanity, the hardshipsContinue reading “Make a life you love”

There are many ways of saying that fate has brought to you a specific place at a specific time, as the title of this episode suggests. It has been a little while since I last wrote but in that intervening time I have made a few changes – and brought onto myself a few stressesContinue reading “Swings, roundabouts and life’s puzzle”

I bet that title caught you out! This is an expression that I use whenever I have had to deal with unpleasant situations such as when I see my ex wife when I’m dropping off or picking up my kids. It also applies to being directed to doing something at work that you are diametricallyContinue reading “Turd sandwiches”

I recently read a great autobiography titled “The Happiest Man On Earth” and it was written by an amazing man by the name of Eddie Jaku. Eddie was born in Germany and loved his country. Eddie is also Jewish. He survived the Holocaust in WW2 when many of his friends, family and others did not.Continue reading “Happiest Man In The World”