

Yorkshire-born, Kent-raised half Scouse half Serb lovechild of Gerald Wiley + Charlotte Bronte. Journalist, geek, copywriter, author + professional pedant. Yes
What I’ve seen on my rounds is that if you are lucky enough to have the opportunity to reflect at the end of a life, then love is revealed as the great currency. It’s the thing. The treasury. It’s what mattered. Few gloat on a business success, or property portfolio at that point, how they royally screwed someone over.
Ok, and while we’re in deep I’m going to say something else. Become a prayer-maker. Why? Because what you face in your life is bigger than you can handle. It is. Go to a place with shadows and privacy, and just start talking. There is some ancient Friend that wants to hear from you. No more dogma than that. Use your simple, holy, words. Then sit. Listen. Go for a walk. Let in.
…t. Recently I read Daniel Bergner’s What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire. Bergner just came right out and said it: Monogamy kills desire, especially for women. I think it might be true. Sometimes I think the entire history of human gender relations has been a…