Mandatory

I reckon life is just a series of peaks and troughs. Regardless of your creed, faith, outlook etc I think this applies to everyone. You only know you're off the peak once you hit the trough and vice versa.

Some people believe they can make their own luck - I reckon that's rubbish. We can't make things go right or wrong for us. We might get a short-term improvement but that's all it is - short-term. It just means the trough journey happens a lot quicker.

The more you chase money, the faster it runs away, in my opinion. We spend too much time desiring things and then complaining when we don't get them. When you're an impatient bastard like me, the day you finally realise that it's just not worth the effort is a massive relief. Life goes on - no matter how hard a situation I've been in has turned out to be, that's been the constant truth. Some situations have appeared to be completely beyond all help - but life goes on.

There's nothing wrong in falling down - it's all about whether you stay down or get back up. Some things make getting back up seem impossible - that's where 'time' comes in to it. Staying down for a while is perfectly acceptable as long as you plan to rise again.

Anyway, time to move on. Need to get boots soon for when I make my debut - but where from? Online they seem to be so expensive, surely somewhere around here will do them cheaper? I don't mind paying around £40 but no more than that.