Peter Rose
Bio
Collections of "my" vocal essays with additions, are available as printed books ASIN 197680615 and 1980878536 also some fictional works and some e books available at Amazon;-
amazon.com/author/healthandfunpeterrose
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Stories (261/0)
now we fly
Now we fly Change is the only constant. Chapter 1 There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. For many years we had lived without the mess and noise they constantly create. We had always known they lived in the high mountains, places that sane people never attempted to visit, but then only ten years ago, one landed in our village main square. We did not know at the time, but it was a female and was looking for a place to birth her young. She had left it too late to reach the mountain top her kind usually went to. Most of the village people reacted with fear, some even left to settle further away; one family even left the Valley altogether and sought shelter in the great plains, that vast open space when no shadows formed. How you could seek shelter in a place with no trees, no hills, nothing to give shelter; was beyond me but it shows the level of fear the dragon caused. Our chieftain sent messages to other villages in the Valley while we younger people started to show we were not afraid of a dragon. Actually, I am sure the rest were as afraid as I was, but we were all more afraid of showing fear, than of the beast itself. Getting near to the square we took in the wonderful colours that radiated from her scales, she lay quietly just gently breathing, with her wings folded over her back and her powerful rear legs curled up under her belly. Her neck was telescoped into her body and that fantastic head just rested on the ground, her eyes never closed but she showed no aggression and just lay silently at rest. I had never left the Valley, never even explored the smaller valleys where other villages had been built; I had been taught about how other groups lived in other valleys but ours was the first, the best and so always “the Valley.” My life was to change on the day the dragon landed.
By Peter Roseabout 4 hours ago in Fiction
Positive thinking is not enough
Positive thinking is not enough Effort is the key to successful positive thinking Much is said and written about the power of positive thinking; but what is positive thinking? To some the absence of negative thoughts is enough. Logically positive thinking is the total removal of any and all negative thoughts. What then, do we use as a basis for judgment on what is positive?
By Peter Rose17 days ago in Motivation
The positive side of car ownership
The vast positive to car ownership Attempts to curb private cars attacks freedom There is a very old saying that no one misses the water till the well runs dry. This also applies to personal freedom, the freedom to go where you want when you want.
By Peter Rose19 days ago in Wheel
No one can choose to be taller
No one can choose to be taller Society cannot allow total freedom to choose. However appealing it is, to welcome the notion of being free to choose our gender, we have to face the reality that this has limits. Gender is both a mental, emotional, and physical concept.
By Peter Roseabout a month ago in Longevity
Why is modern attention span so short ?
Why is it so hard for people to focus on what they are doing? Has the attention span of humans been reduced to seconds? Distraction is a key element in sales, advertising, and illusions; but why do so many find it necessary to provide themselves with distractions when working, or walking, or driving, or looking at a wonderful view? Have humans become so conditioned by commercial distractions that they must practice self-distraction all of the time? When confronted by a scene that is to be admired, modern people do not admire, they take photographs. Instead of allowing the whole view to be etched into their awareness they place a mechanical gadget between themselves and the reality and then try to convince themselves that this partial restricted section, captured on their camera; is the whole event.
By Peter Roseabout a month ago in Motivation
Truth so very well hidden
Truth has been so very well hidden What is not seen causes no grief Many eyes watched the launch of the hull of the Titanic. Only some knew of the time it will take to get her fully fitted ready for the maiden voyage. Even less knew of our plans for this maiden voyage, in fact only 3 of us knew in advance of our plans. We had sympathisers in the design department who were drawing up plans for the fitting out. The grand schemes for the opulent restaurants and the spacious first-class cabins. Draftsmen further down the food chain drew up plans to maximise the numbers who could be fitted into the steerage class accommodation, at this stage none of us were aware of the plans for the above deck’s superstructure, unfortunately we were never aware of these until it was all too late. We planned the biggest protest against capitalism, that had ever been made, we did not plan for the loss of life. May God forgive us, but we did not intend for her to sink so quickly, and we thought that everyone on board would find a place in the lifeboats.
By Peter Rose2 months ago in Fiction
Freedom is not a simple issue
Freedom is a double edged weapon. Is anyone “Free”? Freedom is such a simple sounding idea yet it is actually rare to find anyone who can be said to be 100% free. Once we have children we have responsibilities and so a curtailment of freedom. Even earlier in our lives, once we enter a meaningful relationship the same thing applies, we become responsible for another persons happiness and well-begin and so we choose to curtain our own freedom. Yet freedom is still a desirable condition, a condition rather than a life style. In a democratic nation we assume freedom to choose our leaders, we also choose to accept the idea that if the majority choose differently from ourselves then we have to accept it. We are limiting our freedom. Freedom of thought is taken for granted in most democratized nations, the freedom to disagree and the freedom to protest are assumed. Yet these are fragile freedoms, the modern trend to curtail other peoples freedom to offend anyone, is a step towards removing freedom. The double standards that seem to have been adopted in many universities, which seeks to “cancel” the expression of some opinions, yet promotes others. Universities have for centuries been places where debate was unlimited, where ideas could be explored and expressed. Places where political ideals could be constructed by the exploration of all alternatives; yet now only “acceptable” views may be heard.
By Peter Rose2 months ago in The Swamp
Anti social behavior within a relationship
Anti social behavior in relationships Domestic anger problems It is easy to understand why there is public anger if a man physically lashes out in a temper and causes physical damage. ( it is not confined to only male heterosexuals but they are the ones most complained about.) These acts are described as “loosing their temper” and this is universally held to be wrong, even under provocation. “Temper” in this situation is defined as an eruption of negative emotion, one that eludes self control.
By Peter Rose4 months ago in Longevity
Disassociating our decisions from their effects
Disassociating our actions from their consequences Cursing our luck when we are the cause I am sure we all do this unconsciously even if consciously we deny it. People blame fate, God, anything and everything for bad stuff that happens to them.
By Peter Rose4 months ago in Humans
Evolution is it slow?
Evolution, is it slow? Is the pace of evolution speeding up? Everything in life seems to be getting faster and faster yet evolution does not. Evolution is fundamental to human existence yet it is so slow that it does not appear to be happening.
By Peter Rose4 months ago in Futurism
Death is our work
Death is our work Justice without lawyers. We are a team, some will say we are “hit men” some will say we are mercenaries, others that we are the vilest sort of criminals but to us we are simply servants of our nation. Our bosses are government officials, admittedly ones who keep their work secret while drawing salaries for work that is not actually done. We are highly trained combat soldiers, who obey orders while applying initiative when needed. Our work style is is simple; we are told of an objective, we are told why this objective is important. We are given a time frame for resolution and details about our objective. The rest is up to us. We file no reports, our salaries are paid through the military as though we were still on active service in the regiment, which in a way we are. We just do not wear any uniform. The objective in this case were a group who head up the British part of a world wide Russian criminal organisation. They ran every sort of illegal activity from supply of narcotics, people trafficking, modern slavery, prostitution, extortion and though to procurement of children for paedophile rings. They were ruthless to an extreme and untouched by the courts since they killed any and all potential witnesses and informants. If we made any official reports of our work it would read like this----
By Peter Rose4 months ago in Fiction
