Imagine

Yeah a John Lennon song. It encapsulates my life. You may say that it is stupid to imagine these things and I would agree that many ideas are impractical. BUT, is there anything wrong with dreaming of a better world? Don’t you want a better world?

Don’t you want little children to have clean water and sanitation? Don’t you want people not to live in starvation? Lennon posed the question, ‘Imagine, no possessions?’ No, I cannot imagine that for we are not that good and anyway as socialism has demonstrated the enforced sharing of possessions just doesn’t work. But that is but a detail.

Few weeks ago, a friend of a friend called me an ‘old romantic.’ Yes, I plead guilty. All my bloody life, I have tried to make this world a better place for those around me. I haven’t been very good at it in the main but I guess I have changed a few for the better. It’s not been a mission; rather it is something that comes naturally. I suppose I got that from my parents. My Dad certainly believed that tomorrow would be better and my Mom gave me the strength to fight and challenge.

Indeed, I would say that I have not always been pleasant to those around me. I have been harsh at times but so what? My Dad was strict with me. Guy once told me a Roman proverb, ‘Those whom the Gods love, they chastiseth.’ I see a lot in that. Told people I worked with, ‘Never worry if I am bollocking you. Worry when I don’t for that means, I no longer care.’

Just me dreaming again but then that keeps me going. If you cannot dream you have lost hope.

Just try it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs&feature=related