Little did the blogger know when he was in the shawl that we were about to get a new Queen and that he would be around 70 years later to see the next King.
Taken on the day of my christening , 1953, on the steps of the Brompton Oratory my mother proudly held me. Location Location Location is the key ingredient with Property and being born and brought up in Chelsea was a 10 yard start in the life race of 100 yards. So what happened in the meantime ?
I can’t divulge all details as the blogger retains his anonymity but life took me across the globe , a professional career almost in soccer and because of my strict parents a professional career elsewhere. From newspaper and bread boy I graduated to a stint grave digging and having failed to get three A grade levels at A level escaped University and went into effective Corporate apprenticeship.
Climbing up the ladder and realising the need to make real money I had to start on my own I soon found out like Benjamin Disraeli that I was on a very greasy pole. The day job took me into America, China, Qatar and Europe. The night job took me into salubrious night clubs and dangerous places for young men surrounded by intoxicating liquid and love. I survived all and came out smelling of all sorts of aroma, roses and rotten.
My greatest achievement was comeback from being down following a divorce ( not of my own making ) and business ( probably of my own making ) and spiritually ( definitely of His making ). There were successes along the way which though came through relentless hard work and Churchillian attitude of never giving up I must credit that ultimately to being blessed from on high. Proverbs 3 those great wise words of Solomon tells us not to lean on our own understanding but in every way to be led by the spirit and follow His ways. I did that especially in these latter days when I finally found the meaning of life.
We do reach an age of course when we certainly know what we don’t want and oblivious to what we will get coming along life’s track.,The secret must be the lesson that no matter what you face there will be an answer that will come to pass and to remain expectant. Good things often come in small parcels just like that guy in the shawl.
There were many changes these last 70 years as seen in an earlier blog ‘ Times Changed ‘ and though I won’t be around in 2093 I suspect , I’m not too sure if I could take another dose of life on offer at that pace or more importantly could keep up with the colossal changes now to come. Chat GPT will be writing the blogs of course but whose going to be doing the grave digging ?
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