Life and stuff

After reading about Ledger being found dead in his home, I’ve been thinking a little more than I usually would about life and stuff. He was only 28, the same age as me; he had so much potential, so much life yet to live. All this thinking and I still can’t quite figure out what life is all about.

When you turn on the news, it is so full of suicides, murders, rapes, stabbings, shootings, war, famine; one disaster after the next. Click onto the BBC website, or Reuters, and all you’ll see is bad news. But it’s not just in the papers, my godmother was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to have an operation yesterday, one of ET’s friends’ mum was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and the prognosis really isn’t good (it’s already spread to the bones).

I know many people who have lost loved ones recently and it’s made me stop and consider my own life.

I don’t know. Perhaps I read too many newspaper articles but sometimes I can’t help but wonder if we’re like leaves caught in the wind of time, helpless in its grasp, taken to destinations unknown to us.

I’ve come to only one conclusion so far: that life is very precious and we should make the most of it now. Not tomorrow, because tomorrow might not come. I don’t care if that’s morbid, it could be true. I’m not going to hesitate with following my dreams anymore. I’m going to chase them and use the wind like a sail boat does to get there.

Love Eternal

Because love is eternal
I turn to you,
Helpless as a falling star.
An affinity to you,
I can't let go.
My path, my destiny:
Predetermined.

Trading places of worship

Exeter Cathedral to start charging admission fees - I'm not particularly one for reading the bible, but wasn't there a story about trade in places of Christian worship? Besides, won't charging people to view the insides of a cathedral alienate the church from the population even more than it already is? I don't believe that this is the answer to their problems.The COE is fast becoming an old dinosaur with limited time left because it only appeals to a generation that's shrinking with each passing year. Charging entry fees could be the deciding factor for the bystander who might be curious about religion and turn them away.

Religion should be free; faith, an inspiration.

Data Protection

Clarkson Stung after Bank Prank - I've only got one thing to say: what kind of idiot would publish their bank details in a national paper? It's just not something you would do, unless you're Clarkson, that is. I have to say that he has always irritated me by the way he's so opinionated. Hopefully he'll learn his lesson.

I mean, why did he think people were so worried about the loss of their personal data by government departments?

What makes me laugh about Data Protection legislation is that if say my company (a small business) were to do something like let a disc full of people's bank account details get lost in the post, we would have a huge pile of pooh heading our way, but if it's the government? Well, it's just bad P.R. isn't it?

At least Clarkson's money went to a good cause, you can't complain about that.