Many of you will have missed this…but at 0530hrs this morning the East End of Glasgow was veiled by a Turner-esque sky framed by a magnificent double rainbow. Not only that but my buddies the brace of inner-city Roe Deer also made an appearance. It made running along the Clyde Pathway an absolute joy…and it got me thinking (running usually does)…how can the same elements that combine to provide this outstanding summer spectacle also give us the dubious pleasures of the dark grey maudlin skies of a Scottish January.
I know this may come across as a bit Polly Anna-ish but perhaps its an analogy for the times in which we live – the economic pressures that are driving job losses, cut-backs and retrenchment might, just might, possibly give rise to new life-affirming opportunities. ‘Hey!’ I can see some of you thinking ‘Mr B has lost all grasp of reality’ but maybe that’s what we all need to do once in a while…
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