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Living and working in Paisley Scotland. I write in my spare time because I find it relaxing and stimulating.

I grew up in a town called Paisley, near Glasgow, where I still live at the moment. I studied for two years at the Royal Academy of Music and Drama

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Meaning of life: 5 of 193

A questioned pondered by many, understood by a few Our purpose, meaning, reason for being, What were we created to do? Is our purpose in our final destination, our death? Do we simply live to die, or for more? Is our life simply meaningless? I believe in a higher purpose. I believe in life there is hope. I believe we have a ...
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Would you change history if you had a chance: 3 of 26

Hindsight is a great thing. We can look back at past times and see the good things, and also the bad and learn from them. The only problem with hindsight is that it can not change one thing in the past. As a species who experience guilt and shame I think if we had the ability to go back and change the past we would without h...
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Why man should study history: 3 of 19

History: events of the past which have shaped the present. For that reason alone history should be studied. It is simply a fact that the: decisions, actions, words, wars and even love affairs of the past are directly responsible for shaping society today. By studying history you do not only find out about true and intriguing...
Education > Educational Philosophy Is competition in school helpful or harmful to the students?: 14 of 68

Schools should be aiming to promote success in their classrooms and a good motivation for doing so is to have competition. Competition provides a goal, an aim for learners to aspire to. I believe that is needed to inspire learners to submit their best work and achieve the best they can. I am firmly convinced that some compet...
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Reflections: You are who God says you are: 1 of 4

I had to keep my composure one time in an worship service or else I would have been in floods of tears. Not because of the worship, but because something God asked me to do. My friend was standing in tears, normally I would have left anyone who was having an experience with God to have it alone but God told me to go over and...
Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Assessing the purpose of the Christian church: 3 of 10

We long for purpose. As human kind we are driven by what we believe our purpose is. In worldlyterms you may view someone's purpose as of more importance or significance than another's. But, as a body of believers in an redeeming and merciful God, what is that purpose which should motivate, inspire and stir us into action? Th...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christianity and sex: Assessing the compatibility of religious beliefs and sexuality: 4 of 13

God ordained sex plain and simple. And I could stop there. But I wont. Like all good things that God has created, mainly to be pure and holy, man has taken it and defiled it. God gave us sex as a gift, but not a gift for us to abuse. He has clearly defined for us what our sexual relationships should be like: 1) Between peopl...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Where have all of the good manners gone: 5 of 16

"Thank you;" "please" words which no longer come as fluently from mouths, especially in the younger generation, as they once did. Manners on the whole have become like diamonds or precious jewels: they are rare to have and also worth so much. I am not too mature in age but even when I was young manners were on top of the age...
Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms What do you believe?: 17 of 51

When you are sleeping at night do you dream? When you take a glance into the sky and see the stars and wonder what is beyond them, do you not feel there is something more? There is something about this life which is seeking completion in something, maybe someone? We are natural dreamers as a race and we love to invent and cr...
Relationships & Family > Friends & Peers (Other) Is friendship disposable?: 4 of 12

Disposing of friends. An interesting question. A question to which I will answer through another: if you can freely dispose of people that are your friends, where they ever a true friend? What do we mean when we call people friend? And what is the difference between a friend and an acquaintance? These are two questions we ne...