We have self-imprisoned ourselves on a very, very lonely Island

We have self-imprisoned ourselves on a very, very lonely Island

You, know, many years ago I was privileged to visit the house of a certain Alexander Selkirk, that name alone means nothing to you I am sure, but in reality, his fabled name was Robinson Crusoe. You see Alexander Selkirk was a man who had certain standards, too high?which, on a journey on a ship one day, the captain had had enough of his high standards and demands and dropped him off on a tiny island and said he Had had enough of his demanding high standards and said that as soon as he had reached port he would have a ship to return to pick him up. What happened next was fate, that ship sank with all hands in a storm and no one got to know that he was on a tiny island, 4 years roughly later he was rescued. What happened in that time is what happens to most of us as we get older, loneliness and the loss of time creep up on us. Loneliness is one of the biggest killers. Now, this poor man had no choice, he was dropped off on an island, but people?seem?to have isolated themselves completely, your island is that mobile phone

Now, this true story aside you would think that people would call each other, or send a polite, unprompted text, like "It's Sunny", or "Have a great day" as the Americans say, or just send a small text, that costs nothing to brighten up peoples lives, its shows a sign of damn great manners, upbringing! The result is Nop! No one, hardly anyone sends a quick unprompted "How the devil are you going" text, have you received such a text in the last few days? Now, I would say that I do have manners, they were drummed into me as a young boy and have blossomed in my later age, but even here I've said, Darren, don't waste the damn phone in sending great, nice, encouraging text, because no bleeder ever sends them back, so, let them bloody well sit there. Now, rather than send?text, I just look for the best purveyors of?kaffee?in town

Most General Practitioners will agree with what I'm about to say, and it's this. A lot of their older patients that come into their surgery do not come in out of an illness, no, illnesses,?they?can mostly be cured, they come in because they are lonely. A lot will come in and tell the Doctor that their sons and daughters, who live just around the corner, don't even bother will them, not even a damn text to say hello. This is a national travesty because a lot of what older people need is just a quick visit, chat with, and a cup of tea, and that alone would solve a lot of problems. and, yid be doing GPs a Great?favour

Back to the younger and middle-aged with that?divine?mobile. There is a real, tangible, human existence outside, try pushing that button one day to make an unprompted gesture of happiness, it might put a smile on your face. You know, the most dangerous words ever uttered are " I will never be lonely", that is one hell of a dangerous statement, all of us?in?our lives get lonely, it's how we deal with it that changes our position

As, for me, hell, I am far, far too wise, I've decided it's a waste of time having the damn thing, so I will be placing it in a draw and forgetting about it, until maybe someone might call, but then again, that could quite easily be a wrong number. Or, if I'm on a ship and the Captain decides to put me ashore I send a text out saying "I've found Paradise, I wish you were here but hope you don't come"!!! I knew I'd finally find a use for that damn contraption

Here's to the human race!