Childrens Corner

I love balloons to such an extent that I have one of my own. It’s a small balloon with a wicker basket, like the one in Around the world in Eighty Days. I often take family and friends up in it. It is one of he most peaceful places I know. It makes me feel at one with ature. ou glide silently along, away from the rest of the world. No ne can phone you, no one can stop you. You are free. You look own n towns and fields and people who don’t know you’re there. ou an fly nest to a wild swan and hear the beat of its wings. You an look into the eyes of an eagle.

Balloons have taught me to reflect ore. On earth, my life is fast and hectic, each moment full. It an be too busy. We all need our own space and it’s good to ause nd do nothing. It gives us time to think. It recharges our bodies as well as our minds. I often think of the fishermen I watched that Christmas in Japan. It’s in our nature to strive - so I wondered hat they looked for in life? They seemed content fishing and feeding heir families. They didn’t seem driven to set up fish-canning empires. s far as I knew, they didn’t want to cross the pacific in a alloon or climb Mount Everest. They took each day as it came. They ived in the moment, and perhaps this is what gave them peace of mind.

My grandmother lived life to the full. At the age of 89 she ecame the oldest person in Britain to pass the advanced Latin merican ballroomdancing exam. She was ninety when she became he oldest person to hit a hole in one at golf. She never stopped earning. In her mid-90s she read Stephen Hawking’s book, A Brief istory of Time, which may make her one of the few people to have ead it all the way through! Shortly before her death at the age of 99 he went on a cruise around the behind in jamaica wearing only er swimming costume. Her attitude was that you’ve only got one go n life, so you should make the most of it.

Taken From : Screw It,Let’s Do It