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And here is the song I mentioned. It’s from a great album full of nostalgic reflection on English culture.

I could’ve referenced it properly with one of those numbers or something like a pro.

Or I could just slam it in the comments like a slacker.

The latter won😂😂😂

https://youtu.be/xkwqiqsfoZw

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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery but today is a gift, that's why it is called the present" :) Yes the light is in the tunnel x

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This is true

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Not sure where the saying originates but it is quoted in Kung Fu Panda! :D

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😂😂😂😂

I do love that i attract such an intellectual crowd….😉😂

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I remember when going through some traumatic events in my life a good friend telling me the old cliché there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I honestly held onto that belief and while I traveled through the darkness of the tunnel is when I healed. when the light finally came I feel I was emerging from my cocoon. Thank you so much for sharing this poignant and wonderful wisdom so beautifully written! 💖✨💖

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Long may you butterfly 🦋 😘

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Thank you my friend, and you need to eventually leave your cocoon or you’ll never be a butterfly! I found out that lesson as well. Have a beautiful day!✨💜✨

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Julie, your prose is a powerhouse of reflection, insight, wonder, wisdom and connection. Have you ever written any songs? There’s a resonance in your irreverence, reminiscent of Ray Davis, Paul Weller, Chris Difford and the like. An English lyricism that is even more apparent, perhaps, in your prose than poetry.

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Thank you.

I used to write songs when I was a child and a teenager. Even now I still make them up at bus stops and sing them to myself or just walking down the road. I don’t write them down anymore like when I was young but I just amuse myself.

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I hope you get opportunities for your adventures. Do you find what qualifies as an adventure becomes more modest as time goes by? I enjoy a hike or a couple of hours on my motorbike most.

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I don’t know actually. I am going up on a helicopter in July. Never been in one. That will be my adventure this year. Attainable, affordable but still a bit exciting to me.

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Haha maybe just me getting old 🤣 Yes that’s exciting! Enjoy Julie. 😊

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I've got to the grand old age of 57 and I'm only just realising that I have to live in the now. Perhaps it's the realisation of my mortality - the end of the tunnel is the grave.

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I struggle. I feel very trapped by circumstances at the moment. I just want to be free to go my own way and have adventures, but every now and again I can get into it. And when I can, it’s nice.

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