Nil Desperandum

It's been a while since I last wrote anything and the two or three things I was writing have slowed whilst everything else goes on.

So I had in mind to write something quick and simple to get me back into regular updating. It was going to be written with the Olympic bid in mind but this morning has seen some crazy antics go on in London.

The thing that struck me most is the calm that seemed to exist. People were wondering how they'd get home and if their loved ones were involved but it was not mass hysteria or panic about impending doom. It is, no doubt, a big situation but everyone involved seem to have handled themselves well.

You could attribute the reaction down to a number of things like the bombings we've had to endure here. We're told of stories during WWII when people had to shelter themselves from the bombing and always be alert. We've seen it happened in recent memory with the IRA bombings. We even had a bomb go off a few years back destroying shops, the legacy of which has only recently been rectified.

Maybe it was the inevitability of it, we've heard for a long while that it was a matter of when, not if.

Whatever it may be, it's impressive that we can cope and behave in this manner, without letting fear, uncertainty and doubt plague us. Hopefully, we can go on from this and put this to use in all aspects of our lives.