Sad World

In the light of the senseless dreadful slaughter in Belgium, I feel as I suppose many people must, that we wish we could help in some way. We feel helpless and find it difficult to get on with our jobs, and day to day lives. However, I personally think that the best thing we can do is try to get our thoughts up again beyond the things that we cannot change and get on with life as best we can. Sitting glued to the news on TV will not help those who have suddenly lost family loved ones or friends or business acquaintances, sitting in a stupor won't help all those people who are horrendously injured. We are all sad, and angry and helpless.

Writing this blog feels to me, to be improper in some way, too frivolous, too unimportant, as if I don't care enough for the troubles of others. I don't think so really, I believe it is right to make ourselves direct our thoughts and efforts into the ordinary and mundane jobs of our everyday life. Sad and angry as we all are at all these savage outrages on our peaceful world. Cruel as it sounds, life must go on.

For athletes, its hard to concentrate on getting on with the training schedule to be ready for the events we are planning for. This morning I got up when the alarm went off at 5.22 am, got myself ready and went for my usual Wednesday morning swim. After that, I got my bike out and went for a ride. I forgot my gloves and my fingers froze. The rest of the morning, once seated at my desk, I sent emails and wrote invoices and all the boring old things that have to be done in our little antiques/transport business.