Delusions?

I'm always trying to sort out my thoughts from one day to the next.

I don't think for one day I've ever truly known if I was going to be good, bad or wonderful, but one thing that was drummed into me from a very early age was a strong work ethic.

After talking to my sister a couple of months ago, probably too good a work ethic, our family tends to be good managing large groups of people. My mother because she loved being centre of attention. My sister because she liked things done right and had inherited my mothers love of people (although think tempered with a much more logical brain) and then there was me.

I think I am truly my mother's son, in that I do love people. I like working with them, managing large groups but, and this is the big but, I love the individual too. I'm a firm believer that one person can change the world.

And I realise that most people don't want to do that, but by the same token, they should at least be aware that they can, if they wanted to.

I watch and listen to people, whether they are friends, neighbours, acquaintances or work colleagues and the common thread is that most people don't believe.

Does that make me an optimist or a dreamer?

Only time will tell I suppose but I do hope that I'm a realist too, that somehow positive thinking and believing in the power of the single "I" is and can be of benefit to everyone.