The Hummingbird (Good Fortune)

 

The Hummingbird

 

Hummingbird, you seem to float on air,

so fast you move with humming flair!

Small yet powerful with each wing beat,

you bring joy and hope, no mean feat.

You have flown directly into my life today,

and the good luck you bring is here to stay!

 

John

There is a selection of my art on canvas

 and other mediums available in my

Bonanza Shop here.

 

I have two self-help stories available exclusively on

 Amazon, either on the Kindle or paperback, and I do

 hope that you find them interesting, thought-

provoking, and, most of all, enjoyable: -

 

The Rock Philosophy

This simply written short story is aimed at those who

 seek to understand themselves, and through

 understanding themselves comes a greater

 understanding of life. 

 

The Life of Jesus

(as witnessed by his brother)

Much has been written about Jesus, and no matter your

 view on religion or Christianity, this person, whether he

 was as described in the bible or not, has singularly

 shaped, to a greater or lesser extent, the lives we lead

 today through his wisdom. There are many versions of

 the story, but there is only one truth, and is it not

 better to know the truth?

 

You are most welcome to visit my self-help youtube

 channel Advantage Subliminal

 

And you will find an excellent read in this story by my

 son Colin, and it is here.

Oh Avalon

 

O mist shrouded Isle of Avalon You have been a long time gone Whose tall inspiring chapel roof Covers the passionate seeker of the truth O Arthur, you and yours sought the grail A quest that could not, must not fail Your hand never held, ever to touch it’s message was in your heart, too much O Arthur, when will you return Truth awakened like the rising sun Your famed sword held high Banishing evil and its lie O Gwenivere, betrayer of the man Yet betrayal was not your plan Love crept up and tore you asunder Yet you were never any man’s plunder O Lancelot, love blinded fool You were never another’s tool Abandoning, becoming abandoned too Yet at the end proved yourself Friend and True O Merlin, mighty man of magic Could not stop the end so tragic Man of wisdom, you knew the way Realising painfully, you couldn’t stay O Arthur, lying in state Man's great need to await Life thrusting in your veins At your call the evil tamed O Arthur, are you simply a dream Hero or man, who has seen? Overcoming that insidious fear within A mortal whose life will never dim John

 

 There is a selection of my art on canvas and other mediums available in my Bonanza Shop here.

 

I have two self-help stories available exclusively on Amazon, either on the Kindle or paperback, and I do hope that you find them interesting, thought-provoking, and, most of all, enjoyable: -

 

The Rock Philosophy

This simply written short story is aimed at those who seek to understand themselves, and through understanding themselves comes a greater understanding of life. 

 

The Life of Jesus

(as witnessed by his brother)

Much has been written about Jesus, and no matter your view on religion or Christianity, this person, whether he was as described in the bible or not, has singularly shaped, to a greater or lesser extent, the lives we lead today through his wisdom. There are many versions of the story, but there is only one truth, and is it not better to know the truth?

 

You are most welcome to visit my self-help youtube channel Advantage Subliminal

 

And you will find an excellent read in this story by my son Colin, and it is here.

 

 

 

 

Sibling Love

 My Father at the start of WW2

 My father had a big red book of Scottish songs and music in his possession for years and it was eventually passed to me. 

 

It was just a fixture when I was growing up and I never had a proper look at it. My oldest son, Christopher, looked after it for me when I lived in Tenerife.  It was only after I moved back to Scotland in 2017 did I take the time to have a proper look at it and I must confess it was an 'eye-opener'.

My father was 23 when this book was bought for him in 1941 by his youngest sister, my Aunt Minnie (16yrs old, nearly 17 yrs old then). She must have had a deep love for my Dad.

At that time my father and his brother Charlie, both of the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were in a german stalag having been captured at St Valery-en-Caux. 

My father is at the end, bottom left, and my Uncle Charlie is bottom, 2nd from the right.
 

Now she wouldn't have known at the time whether she would see either of them alive again and given her age and in the midst of a war, even buying it 2nd hand (it is a large and beautiful book) must have been an enormous commitment for her and she must have had a deep love and faith that they would return.

 She sent them a photograph (above) of her to the POW camp probably with a message that I don't have.

 

She had inscribed the book saying it was the property of Bertie Gibson, (my father's family called him Bertie and my mum's family called him Bob. My mum and dad were married in 1949)

 
 and if you look closely, whilst very faint, she drew an outline of her head and my father's head.

And also inside the book there is a pressed flower.

My Aunt Minnie then lied about her age and joined the women's army in England.

 

 My Aunt Minnie is 2nd from the right.

 

  And my father was the best man when she married before eventually emigrating to Australia where she is survived by her daughter Heather and her two sons Euan and Clyde and their families.

 

Wisdom

 

Wisdom

 

Thoughts lead to action,

action leads to experience,

experience leads to knowledge,

knowledge leads to wisdom,

and wisdom leads to faith,

even if it is only in one’s self.

 

John

 

And the word art version is here.

 

 

There is a selection of my art on canvas and other mediums available in my Bonanza Shop here.

 

I have two self-help stories available exclusively on Amazon, either on the Kindle or paperback, and I do hope that you find them interesting, thought-provoking, and, most of all, enjoyable: -

 

The Rock Philosophy

This simply written short story is aimed at those who seek to understand themselves, and through understanding themselves comes a greater understanding of life. 

 

The Life of Jesus

(as witnessed by his brother)

Much has been written about Jesus, and no matter your view on religion or Christianity, this person, whether he was as described in the bible or not, has singularly shaped, to a greater or lesser extent, the lives we lead today through his wisdom. There are many versions of the story, but there is only one truth, and is it not better to know the truth?

 

You are most welcome to visit my self-help youtube channel Advantage Subliminal

 

And you will find an excellent read in this story by my son Colin, and it is here.