This is my philosophy. It’s a Japanese term that means “get up”. No, it’s not because I sleep a lot, far from it. It’s about being like a Daruma doll, or a Weeble. It doesn’t matter how many times, or for what reason you get knocked down, it’s important to get back up.
As a child I read ‘Reach for the Sky’ a book about Douglas Bader, by Paul Brickhill. The way the Bader overcame his many, many obstacles served as a life lesson to me and he became one of my lifelong heroes.
You may have heard the old adage “Never meet your heroes”, well I did. I used to be in the Air Training Core and I was working as a volutneer at Elstree Aerodrome, washing aircraft, cleaning the briefing rooms, helping out ground control, and for this effort I used to get taken flying by some of the patrons. Well, one of them was none other than Douglas Bader, he was taking a short jaunt from Elstree to Stapleford Abbots and asked me if I wanted to accompany him.
We taked a lot about flying and other things, but one thing he said to me and I’ve always remembered, “Don’t believe anyone who says you can’t do something just because they believe it’s impossible”
In my opinion, this is a great philosophy for life.
After all, how do you enjoy life, if you are willing to lay down and submit, every time life (or some numpty) gives you a whack?
So this section of the website is about trials, tribulations, worries, heck even what we’d call a “stroke of bad luck”, and how you can turn them to your advantage.
When life hands you lemons, you don’t have to make lemonade, there are loads of things you can do with lemons, so why not try them all?