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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Now i know what your thinking.... you don't get Midget swans well thats true, unless you count white ducks, but then there not swans proportion size there neck is no way near long enough to even be mistaken for a swan either a midget one or one that is seen from far away. Any way you have got me off the point.
So Midget swan racing isn't the process of racing a midget swan , i mean what would you race it with... other Midget swans I suppose , but there could only be a few of them not really enough to start a proper sport . Any way it is the process of getting NORMAL size swan placing a Midget on his or her back and racing along a pre determined course, perhaps a river or canal ( Spectators would get a better veiw that way ).
Now the problem that we have is although Midgets are small this is clearly highlighted in any good confectionary store, that sells a sweet. Gem like in colour and apearance and small oooo very small. These fine chewy sweets are know as MIDGET Gems. They might not be small enough
So it has been decided by the Midget Swan Racing Committie consisting of Scally and I..cofounder's of this new sport, that we will except non fully grown Midgets. Asl long as they have at least a BSC ( Bronze Swimming Certificate)
The general rules of MSR will be highlited in further blogs.
PS. If anyone is offended by the premiss of this new and exciting sport, you may email scally and tell him , he would be glad to hear from you.
Ok once again a padre at work has sparked off another blog, well this time I was in a sort of disscussion based forum.. a few of us there. The padre produced a sheet of paper for us all.
Basically this sheet was so you can split your life up into segmants and answer questions according to those segements. So I split it 0-14, 16-18, 18-20 and 21 to present. The questions were along the line of who do you resepct at this point of your life, who do you listen to , whats happening in the world that innfluences you and the question I am wanting to talk about now " what is your belief of god, and what else do you believe in"
The reson why this stuck out so much is because I have never believed in God, but it took writing it down to see that from 0-14 I never believed in God...but why ?? My family are not religious so to speak but they do beleive in God...I even used to go to Sunday school when I was younger. Noboday that I recall has ever said God doesn't exist I just never believed. So that to me is a massive question about my life. Why don't I believe???? Answers on a postcard
The next thing that I noticed was in my 16-18 slot I came up with a theory ( i'm sure not original) that God may actually exist but not in the way that people believe as an omnipitant omnipresent being. I am quite interested when people say they have found God...people such as myself that have no belief in an almghty but then suddenly usually due to some traumatic event they know for certain that a God exists. An example of this would be a man that is suck on the side of a mountain he is injured hungry cold and wet. He knows he is about to die and as a last hope he speaks to god and asks him for help, at that point he gains an inner strength that allows him to move down the mountain.
Why does that inner strength have to be God helping him, why can it not be just that the man found a new resolve a new inject of hope just from being himself...his inner spirit.. That which helps us makes choices along the way, pushes us on when we are tired the human spirit is ofen talked about in religious circles..... but why is it why does it have to be down to god that we have our own little god inside us... some speak louder than others.
Humans like to put labels on things, especially things they can't see or understand..which is what breeds the inherrent fear of the dark for many people, they just can't see whats there. So if you have this moment of inspiration a second of dazzling ingenuity don't pin a label on it and call it god...have some pride that it was from within yourself..and as soon as you realise that it will be easier to call on again when times are bad.
I promise my next blog will be on a lighter subject :D
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