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05/03/2024

Facebook bringing my business to a standstill, forcing me to change the passwords on all of my devices, and leading me to believe that I've been hacked has brought to the decision that I will no longer be posting content on here.

07/12/2023

Just a test reaction video

paypal.me/gavinknechtsHere's my reaction to Fail Army's video.I am not the author of the compilation. My intention is to provide comment and reaction only - ...

12/06/2023

Tenses.

07/06/2023

Business English for Germans.

20/05/2023

I'm sorry that I've been away for so long, but great content featuring the region will be coming up soon.

25/04/2023

***y

06/04/2023

06/04/2023

Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow, for Those Only Who Can Enjoy the Present Moment.

Isn't it great to make plans and have something to look forward to?
The answer to that question seems to be so obvious, yet every time an objective is met or a goal is achieved, the human being continues to endeavour to move to the next step.

We, as a species, never stop to enjoy the moment without constantly bearing in mind that the present situation will soon be over. Take for example, the holiday maker, the tourist. The hard-working man or woman, saves money all year long in pursuit of being able to afford a well deserved holiday. When the time to travel to the destination finally arrives, the holiday maker goes to great lengths to avoid procrastinating and get the most out of their short vacation, for no other reason than the thought of the journey home is always hovering above. It is not possible for you to enjoy the present moment while the inevitable future occupies the here now - the future and the present cannot exist in the same space.

On a greater scale, let's look at the grand pageantry of life itself:
you begin your journey as a member of society at nursery school, you the progress onto primary school and go through the grades. Then it's time to move on to secondary school. As a young teenager, you start to look forward to life as an adult, a fully paid-up member of society. Losing your virginity, getting your first legal pint at a pub; earning and spending your own money become clear goals that appear to be around the corner and it looks like there are good times ahead, but what happens when you've reached those goals? You don't fully appreciate them because you are always seeking the next goal. You are still chasing some carrot that dangles from a string attached to a stick. Perhaps promotion, getting married, becoming a parent. Suddenly you are a stakeholder in somebody else's wellbeing. You have new goals; you are raising a family.

This is all well and good if you can take to time to fully enjoy those moments in the present, but if you are always chasing a new goal or worrying about future consequences, the passage of time will relegate them to the past and all that you will have are vague memories of a by-gone era. Tomorrow will have slipped through your hands and will soon be yesterday. By the time your children have children of their own and you move onto retirement, you will have everything that you've earned and paid for but neither the energy to pursue long neglected hobbies, nor the future to look forward to and your memories, will be just a blur. That is to say that by the end of your life, you will have lost not only the present, but both the past and future too.

Thank you for letting me waste your time.

© 2017/23 Gavin Knechts

30/03/2023

Writing..

27/03/2023

Safety v. Security; what's the difference?

safety (noun) safe (adjective) safely (adverb)
security (noun) secure (adjective) securely (adverb) to secure (verb)