We're a story-telling lot, us humans. Sometimes it's an earnest actor in a white lab-coat or a black suit, trying to convince us that his toxic fluoride toothpaste is good for our health or that his party's million-dollar spend on weapons is for peace. And they do it with such a straight face! Sometimes the story's presented with a chuckle and we know another fiction is on the way: "did you hear the one about ..." And, sometimes, just sometimes, there's a story parading as nought but itself - a clear fiction - and you're in it. The real, non-fictional you. That's why the authentically fictional stories - fables, proverbs, legends - outlast us all and are told down the centuries ... we're in them; parading our best and worst, our most silly and most sublime. The universality of stories is the unity of humans. We're all strangely, uniquely alike and we can all see - if we so choose - our reality in the unreality we closet ourselves with round the fireside, in schools, churches and pubs and in our quiet, solo moments. Stories are the comforters we carry in our hearts and minds and our own particular stories are the way we initiate and create friendships and relationships. These stories, my friend, are my offering of friendship and may they provide balance, smiles, tears and insight when no other exist for you.
About the Author: In New Zealand I experienced life as an accountant, credit manager and company director, shepherd, scrub-cutter, tree pruner, freezing worker, plastics factory worker, saxophonist, army driver, tour bus driver, stage and television actor and singer, builder, lecturer, facilitator for men's groups, reporter, columnist, magazine editor, publisher, writer ... In South Africa as an AIDS workshop co-facilitator ... In the Australian bush as a barman, horse and camel trekker and stock-whip teacher ... In England as a contract accountant, corporate trainer, estate manager, lecturer, singer/songwriter, website editor/writer and freelance writer ... Back in Australia I'm renovating houses, teaching and writing ... and wondering what's next! Welcome to my many genres ... I write in every genre but there is one theme - to help you find peace, your place in the world & to rediscover the you that you lost. I share your hope that my words will help you unlock the prison you're in, the current drama you can't find your way out of. I share your hope and willingness to find your passion, your wings and take on the life you're born to experience. It's my hope for me as well. I spent twenty years in the wrong occupation. 1 year of accounting & I knew we didn't fit each other. Why did I stay? Year later, I found I'd stayed bored & desperate to please my father and my wife. I couldn't please them. I can only please me. Once I'd realised I was in a rut - a grave with the ends kicked out - I was stuck. I didn't know what else to do. Also, the income provided for my family. I had responsibilities & had to go on. I couldn't let them down. But I let me down. I followed my father's example - sticking in a job that sucked me dry - & became more angry & depressed. The divorce was traumatic, sad and releasing but, work-wise, I quietly slipped sideways into teaching and then, because of my 20 wasted years, facilitated personal development courses and men's groups. I quickly realised I was a lousy accountant and slowly realised I was a great teacher. I loved it and, 20 years later, still do. If you're misaligned you can't give (or receive) your best till you get wise about the choices you're making in your actions, words & thoughts. I hope my words can help bring you back to wisdom, home & to the peace you know is there. The dream I've realised for myself is the dream I have for you. I write for both of us.