The First Day Of 2019
1st January 2019
Welcome back to a new page and a new year and before we go any further, a "Happy New Year" to you all and I hope you all enjoyed the festive period and made a wish for 2019 that I hope comes true for you.
I won't ask about what you did or why you did it or even with whom you chose to do it with over the New Year as that would be unfair but what I can tell you is that mine was a first class let down and all I managed to achieve was the ability to learn something about myself and to that end, I am now educated to Professor level. It's funny how loyal you can be to so many who are less that selfish in return and when it comes to promises, they are rarely if ever supported by reality or truth. The old saying of "A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed" is such a good description and covers just about everyone and everything in one way or another. My commitment to 2019 is not to become emotional anymore towards others as it has a nasty habit of biting me in such a hurtful way and the lesson I learned is most if not all peoples problems have a degree of self inflicted in 99.9% of instances. I will revert to the rule of treating others how they treat me and not as I used to adopt which was treat others how you wish to be treated by them. 2019 signals many changes and that extends to friends, family and colleagues with no exception to the rule for any reason. I have found over the years that people treat kindness as an excuse to walk all over me and for 2019, that will change and change starts today for "Peter Hulbert"
The other and for me a more important lesson learned is that the person that people describe them self as is all too often a totally different picture when you look beyond the niceties or false impression they leave you with. The image to the left depicts my thoughts very well and how many times have people said those magic words "Trust Me" and I have, only to find out later that trust is to be earned and not demanded and as such, this lesson has been logged and will also apply for the following year and comes with a full chapter of rules and regulations with many clauses and lots of small print.
So, my 2019 arrived and it was a little like "World War 3" at midnight when so many people celebrated with fireworks and music and whilst it is a little irritating, I suppose if you are part of the party, you accept the enjoyment far more than when you are lying alone on your bed with not a word from anyone about anything. I can only blame myself as it must be a reflection of the feeling toward myself that suggests they prefer to reject rather than include me.
So, overall what did 2018 teach me that I can benefit from and use in 2019. I would suggest that kindness & love are for more valuable that money and assets and no matter what the problem in your life is, if you have the love and support of your family around you, you will find a way through the problem and a solution is always on hand when you have a clear mind to think and an opportunity to discuss at length the problem in hand. Forgiveness is a better quality than revenge is another lesson learned and whilst forgiveness is within my heart, it has not extended to my head and as such, someone is in real trouble in 2019, probably 4 people at the very least are up shit creek in the book of revenge for "Peter Hulbert" and on the list. I took the last few years out to refresh my mind and my thoughts are very clear as to what happens next and to whom and all I can say is I will forgive them but only when I have dealt with them first. My target for the future is to look more seriously what the UK has to offer and consider what or where has equal or more to offer from overseas and spend my days enjoying a calmer and quieter lifestyle at a pace I can accept and with the benefit of fly fishing thrown in for good measure. At the moment, France looks very appealing.
13th January 2019
Wow, even now after 2 weeks of the new year, I still find it a little weird writing 2019 but it still excites me that we turned another page in the history book of our lives and moved forward by one more year and what a year it is going to be.
I like to view life in what I describe as cartoon characters or animate objects and to the left is a bridge that is not too far away from my back yard to which I will use as the example of what is to come in my world in the very near future. On the one side is success and the other is failure and whilst the gap is a long one, all that you need is a bridge to cross and when this bridge was built, it was considered impossible to span this valley due to the soft ground and length across the valley but whilst it took 2000 men to build and a small town grew up of tents and huts for many years while the bridge was completed, nobody ever considered failure and always focused on success and to the end I tip my hat in respect of these hard working men women and children who made this work. My rule for those who don't know it is a simple one. If you want a thing bad enough, you will find a way to get it and if you don't want a thing, you sure as hell will find excused to prevent you from finding a way. I pride myself on having no excuses and it's onward and upward for 2019 for Peter Hulbert.
For those who know me, they know how much I never let go and never forget and the lesson and rule that I learned from studying the tactics of the military when being briefed before the "D Day" landings was more of a warning than and encouragement and it was offered in the form of a question. It goes as follows: "Who is the most dangerous person you will encounter when you land in France" and surprisingly the answer was just as bizarre as the question which was "The wounded". It was explained in a simple form which was if you stop to help the wounded, the enemy will shoot you. If the wounded is the enemy and you pass them by, the will shoot you in the back. The instruction was to take no prisoners and allow the medics to search out and find your comrades to assist. Enemy who are wounded should be finished off with one bullet to the head and for the person who has caused me so much grief over the last few years, I now have the results from Google to confirm who you are and the corridors of escape and far more narrow than you think and at the moment of confrontation, you will stand all alone as I did and take the suffering as I also did but with the reward that it is behind me now and your day is yet to come. I have the memory of an elephant and I always knew who it was and why, your problem is that we all live on an island and you have nowhere to run and hide.
My final words for today are as a reminder that this week our politicians have what they call a meaningful vote on Europe to which it is looking increasingly unlikely that Theresa May will win and favors or supporters for her cause and this in theory leaves us with the only option left which is to leave the EU at 11.00 am on the 29th March 2019 but my instinct tells me that we will be shafted from behind by either our own political butt kissers, the EU butt kissers or Theresa May who has lied on an almost daily basis throughout the whole time of her leadership but I remain hopeful that we get a clean break and a directive to go forward with the good will of the British Spirit and as always, a positive focus on not what we did in Europe but what we can do outside of the chains of the EU where history has shown in the past the the United Kingdom is King when it comes to creativity and enterprise skills. The only thing holding us back is the people who show little confidence in the UK but in their own lives have achieved so little. They base the future on what they can achieve and not what others can achieve and to that end I ask them to shut up and stop running our country down.
26th January 2019
It's been just 13 days since I last shared an update with you but to be fair I was a little preoccupied and not just away from my desk but away from the UK as well. After a late night flight out of the UK I landed in a much more temperate climate from the one I left back home and whilst I am saying little if anything about the trip, the clue from the aircraft window should set the clever ones thinking and the stupid ones gossiping but suffice to say it has been a very good week and enjoyed every moment of the experience. Good things are a coming and heading this way very soon is the best I can say right now.
So after stepping back onto the plane and arriving back in London for a 3 hour drive back home, it was quite a shock as I traveled slowly north to discover the temperature slowly dropping and gradually noticing the hills turning white with snow. Quite a contrast from what I had just left behind and my body was protesting and wishing to return from where I just left.
As I stepped out of my car and took this picture from the side of the road, I can safely say that after leaving 95% just a few hours before, it was quite a shock to the system to be confronted with 1% back in Yorkshire but my heart is firmly placed in God's Own Country and we just accept the huge changes in weather conditions and it's something we are quite proud of. A typical Yorkshire Man grumbles about the weather every day but also deep inside is happy that we see all four seasons of weather in our country and sometimes all on the same day. Today was bordering on 0% to + 1% and you can see to the left it was quite bleak but also very beautiful to see. The air is so fresh on days like this and the skies are clear and blue. The travels of Peter Hulbert over the last few days have shown such extremes across the globe. I don't have too much to say right at this moment in time but I should be sharing some true excitement very shortly with you all and I thank you for your kind patience and I'm sure you will find the wait was worth it in the end. For now, I'm a little tired after the hustle and bustle of the last few days and much to catch up on and not enough hours in the day to do what needs to be done. However, I shall sleep with one eye open and at the very least will get some paperwork completed after I finish this blog update. I thank you all for your support and encouragement and will be back in a few days with some more updates. I will leave you with a little humor that sadly has an element of truth attached but that is life and as I always say, life is so cruel and lions have no emotion and when it comes to feeding the family.
Welcome back to a new page and a new year and before we go any further, a "Happy New Year" to you all and I hope you all enjoyed the festive period and made a wish for 2019 that I hope comes true for you.
I won't ask about what you did or why you did it or even with whom you chose to do it with over the New Year as that would be unfair but what I can tell you is that mine was a first class let down and all I managed to achieve was the ability to learn something about myself and to that end, I am now educated to Professor level. It's funny how loyal you can be to so many who are less that selfish in return and when it comes to promises, they are rarely if ever supported by reality or truth. The old saying of "A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed" is such a good description and covers just about everyone and everything in one way or another. My commitment to 2019 is not to become emotional anymore towards others as it has a nasty habit of biting me in such a hurtful way and the lesson I learned is most if not all peoples problems have a degree of self inflicted in 99.9% of instances. I will revert to the rule of treating others how they treat me and not as I used to adopt which was treat others how you wish to be treated by them. 2019 signals many changes and that extends to friends, family and colleagues with no exception to the rule for any reason. I have found over the years that people treat kindness as an excuse to walk all over me and for 2019, that will change and change starts today for "Peter Hulbert"
So, my 2019 arrived and it was a little like "World War 3" at midnight when so many people celebrated with fireworks and music and whilst it is a little irritating, I suppose if you are part of the party, you accept the enjoyment far more than when you are lying alone on your bed with not a word from anyone about anything. I can only blame myself as it must be a reflection of the feeling toward myself that suggests they prefer to reject rather than include me.
13th January 2019
Wow, even now after 2 weeks of the new year, I still find it a little weird writing 2019 but it still excites me that we turned another page in the history book of our lives and moved forward by one more year and what a year it is going to be.
I like to view life in what I describe as cartoon characters or animate objects and to the left is a bridge that is not too far away from my back yard to which I will use as the example of what is to come in my world in the very near future. On the one side is success and the other is failure and whilst the gap is a long one, all that you need is a bridge to cross and when this bridge was built, it was considered impossible to span this valley due to the soft ground and length across the valley but whilst it took 2000 men to build and a small town grew up of tents and huts for many years while the bridge was completed, nobody ever considered failure and always focused on success and to the end I tip my hat in respect of these hard working men women and children who made this work. My rule for those who don't know it is a simple one. If you want a thing bad enough, you will find a way to get it and if you don't want a thing, you sure as hell will find excused to prevent you from finding a way. I pride myself on having no excuses and it's onward and upward for 2019 for Peter Hulbert.
26th January 2019
It's been just 13 days since I last shared an update with you but to be fair I was a little preoccupied and not just away from my desk but away from the UK as well. After a late night flight out of the UK I landed in a much more temperate climate from the one I left back home and whilst I am saying little if anything about the trip, the clue from the aircraft window should set the clever ones thinking and the stupid ones gossiping but suffice to say it has been a very good week and enjoyed every moment of the experience. Good things are a coming and heading this way very soon is the best I can say right now.
So after stepping back onto the plane and arriving back in London for a 3 hour drive back home, it was quite a shock as I traveled slowly north to discover the temperature slowly dropping and gradually noticing the hills turning white with snow. Quite a contrast from what I had just left behind and my body was protesting and wishing to return from where I just left.
As I stepped out of my car and took this picture from the side of the road, I can safely say that after leaving 95% just a few hours before, it was quite a shock to the system to be confronted with 1% back in Yorkshire but my heart is firmly placed in God's Own Country and we just accept the huge changes in weather conditions and it's something we are quite proud of. A typical Yorkshire Man grumbles about the weather every day but also deep inside is happy that we see all four seasons of weather in our country and sometimes all on the same day. Today was bordering on 0% to + 1% and you can see to the left it was quite bleak but also very beautiful to see. The air is so fresh on days like this and the skies are clear and blue. The travels of Peter Hulbert over the last few days have shown such extremes across the globe. I don't have too much to say right at this moment in time but I should be sharing some true excitement very shortly with you all and I thank you for your kind patience and I'm sure you will find the wait was worth it in the end. For now, I'm a little tired after the hustle and bustle of the last few days and much to catch up on and not enough hours in the day to do what needs to be done. However, I shall sleep with one eye open and at the very least will get some paperwork completed after I finish this blog update. I thank you all for your support and encouragement and will be back in a few days with some more updates. I will leave you with a little humor that sadly has an element of truth attached but that is life and as I always say, life is so cruel and lions have no emotion and when it comes to feeding the family.
