Anthony Gillespie

I grew up in my formative years with an older mentor. He was the epitome of cool (in my mind) and I listened to most things he said. He was part surfer, part philosopher and part older brother. I will never forget one time when I hadn’t seen him for a while and I said, ‘What’s been happening?’, as you do. ‘Just fillin’ in the time between birth and death mate’ was the response. I remember thinking how depressing that sounded but I have, over the years began to see it differently. My wife is reading a book called the ‘5 Languages of Love’. Good read from what I can gather. I read one excerpt which was addressing one of the ‘languages’ which is ‘quality time’. It spoke about doing things with the partner who ‘speaks’ that language and how the worst that can happen is that you have a rich tapestry of memory stores to draw on in old age. How true it is. Why wouldn’t you want to experience as much as you can in the time we have. As I get older I see just how fleeting this life thing can be. I believe we have an obligation to live well and richly. I suppose I am talking about nothing more than the bucket list. But you know that the opportunity to experience lots is greater when you are fit, healthy and simply willing to have a go. Speaking of which, the Bridge to Brisbane was on yesterday. I was seriously questioning my decision to run it, […]