I don't watch an awful lot of television, but I have just finished the second season of The Gentleman, the Guy Ritchie Netflix series.
I was transfixed by this, but if you've not seen it and you're taking this as a recommendation, it's very violent.
Fascinated, though, and beyond fascinated by Eddie Horniman (Theo James’ character).
I don't want to give any spoilers away if you've not seen it, but the generation of the character and the ethical drift that applies to that character, and the status magnet that becomes such a complex problem, is huge.
I see so many parallels and things like this in so many places in the world, and I always see art (and this is art), and this is symbolism.
It symbolises and acts as a metaphor for other parts of life.
The greatest bit that springs to mind, though, is from the character Stanley Johnston (‘with a T’).
He is an unbelievable character, but at the end of the second series, he's talking to Horniman, and he's reciting passages from the Bible and lessons that have been learned (which is ironic).
I was reminded, though, of the old phrase, “What do you do when you're going through hell?...”
“…Keep going”
Never a better lesson to be learned.
There are all manners of hell for us to confront. Some big, some small, some tedious, some horribly exciting and terrifying.
Sometimes the hell is the hell of the day-to-day.
Sometimes the hell is the hell of the overwhelmed.
Sometimes it's the emotional hell of relationships.
Other times it's tragedy.
Two options always, eh?
Number 1, get busy living.
And number 2, get busy dying.
(from another movie).
It's all bumper sticker stuff; this isn't it? It's stuff that everybody knows anyway, but if they do, why don't they do it?
If we all know what's best for us, why aren't we doing what's best for us all of the time?
I'm just gonna stick to the plan; when I find myself in difficulty, I'm gonna continue to take forward steps.
Because, as the basketball player said, failure is temporary; it's giving up that’s permanent.
Blog Post Number - 4683
Chicco is coming to Nottingham
This October, we’ll be welcoming Dr Chicco from Tanzania to The Campbell Clinic for his first visit to the UK.
To celebrate, we’ve launched Buy a Mile, asking our community to buy as many miles of his 4,745-mile journey as they can. Every £1 donated represents one mile, with every penny raised going directly to Bridge2Aid and its dental education work in Tanzania.
Buy a Mile and support Bridge2Aid here
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