'What goes around ......

Here we go with a war story - when I was a teenager in the early mid sixties the country was going through a revolution. The youth of the day were stretching themselves in all sorts of directions perhaps as a result of their parents being 'held back' following the austerity caused by World War 2.

Many icons of the day are still in our sight and sound many more in our memories. One of those that caught my attention then and did so just the other day was Simon Dee. Oh how I wanted to be smooth like him, a mod through and through but with a gracious air about him and a very easy style. No wonder he ended up on television.

As he did last week with the news that he has passed away at 74. So, 'what's the relevance' I hear you ask? Well its this. In the sixties its seemed that many people did not care about rules, sensible society, traditionalism, faith, etc. and in this sense Simon Dee, because of his position, could be easily aligned with these antiestablishment sentiments.

Strange what 50 years can do - or is it. Here is an extract of a letter from Simon to Michael Dean, who helped launch his career, just two weeks before he died. It's in the public domain so I hope no one is upset by it being replicated here.

"It's all out of control now, but we don't know how to stop it. greed has driven us all insane. We promote violence. Assaulted by the media, the emerging intelligence in growing children is confused beyond reason, and that's where many have gone. Tradition has fallen into the 'Forgotten' section of modern history. We desecrate the planet's body, knowing nothing of her mind. Yet with the merest shrug she can eliminate whole civilisations in a moment. She can lift mountains and drain oceans ... Now we have reached a stage when wisdom must predominate - or we fall. Someone, or something, has to make evident a higher intelligence - and one to be respected. It need not take long. The message must come globally. Everyone must see and understand it simultaneously. Returning to Eden is our next assignment. And, despite everything I have a hunch that we are going to get there after all."

Be wise now and change the world.

David Pickering

Consultant

www.London.DaleCarnegie.com