The old man said, “so what’s the problem my friend?”

I said, “do I know you?”

He smiled and raised his eyebrows. “You do now.”

I told him that I needed to make a change…do something outlandish. He suggested base jumping but warned me of the 1 in 6 death rate (he had seen a programme on TV about it). I said I was looking for something with a much lower death rate. He said “go skinny dipping, oh, that’s a good one!”

I looked at him and tried to not imagine him naked and wrinkled and looking like one gigantic old prune as thoughts of much needed Cosmetic surgery ran through my mind.

It did not work.

“Have you ever?” he said.

I said ,“once by accident when my trunks came off. It was not good.”

He said, “seriously my friend, it does wonders for the soul,” and he then went on to tell me about the skinny dipping convention he went to every year, and asked if I fancied joining him and several hundred other naked old people. What an offer!

I said, “I think I’ll give it a miss but have a lovely time Alfred”. But still, the conversation was inspiring, and I don’t think I am likely to forget that old man any time soon.

I sat down and introduced myself, wondering what kind of writers group it was. I had been in a hurry when I replied to the ad and had really no idea. Catherine, who was sort of the leader of the straight-backs, said, “so Adam, what manuscript are you presently working on?” I smiled.“Oh, you know Cath, one with a lot of swearing and stuff,” I said, “just the usual.” A terrific silence fell upon our group. I sat for a long time imagining that a portal had opened at the back of the room and slowly it would come towards me, and I would be able to jump in to it.

The portal is something that happens when I realize I have made a huge mistake. “You are joking, aren’t you?” said Catherine. I now noticed their badges: Christian Writers Group, since 2005. “And it’s not Cath, it’s Catherine.”“Oh, naturally!” I said, and Gareth, who was the one with the tank top and perfect horizontal Dumb and Dumber style fringe said, “well you’ll fit right in, that was risqué but hilarious!” And it was hilarious, as soon as I walked outside. When I had stopped sweating. See I have nothing against anyone who is religious, and I am sure that there are many very religious people who rarely sit upright, but come on now, where does it say in the Bible that you should never swear on paper?

If you are working from your home or running a business from your home you will need to have a larger workspace with more organization. You will need something to organize all of your files. A filing cabinet is great for organization because you can get hanging folders to put in it. You can organize all of your files in alphabetical order that way they are easy to find when you need them. Another great way to help get you organized is to use in and out bins. These bins can be used to hold mail or messages that may come in or mail or messages that need to be mailed out.

These can help to remove the clutter from your desk. Another great thing to have to keep you organized is a paper shredder. There are lots of documents that you do not need to keep for long periods of time but you do not just want to throw in the trash. With a shredder you can shred all of the not so important paperwork and not have to worry about it getting in the wrong hands. If you plan your office before you even set it up you will be able to keep it from ever getting cluttered and disorganized. If it does get a little messy, clean it up before it gets out of control.

What is love? Good old fashioned question, but as one grows up in life, one realizes how deep and sane it is. It is above the whole matrix, above the layers of parallel universe. It’s not affected by these mundane and everyday factors. When you have someone next to you, a shoulder to put your head onto, a hand to hold on to, it grows above the world around you.

The thing is to find someone you can associate such a feeling with, a face that can make you believe in love every morning when you see it. The matrix, the world around, however does have its influences. Sometimes I wonder while being in school and college, how things were so lucid and clear. One had just about the perfect definition of love which was bound to come our way. Time changes everything and those fairytale notions are replaced with reality biting away into your dreams.

Those who find love are lucky. It gives one a feeling of completion, a boost to one’s self confidence like nothing else, gives one a reason to look good every day. It’s like adding a new variable to a somewhat passive equation, which changes with time and makes it active. It makes things like weddings, parties, dinners, and italy ski holidays much easier and more tolerable. You see the reactions happening. You can feel it.

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