#keep happy

Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing safe and sound and keeping healthy and happy! I just wanted everyone to know that I am very joyed about the nice compliments and support I am getting and I have received the request from you about being added to the tag list! If there is anyone else who would like to still be added, just go ahead and shoot me a message!

Just continuing on the theme of Fred and his comparative mental resilience!

Eustace Miles was Fred’s school and University contemporary, (maybe?) lover, lifelong friend and occasional writing partner.   I am fascinated by their writing collaborations which revolve mainly around sport and fitness, and are a delight to dip into.

Alongside this, Eustace wrote extensively about health, diet and fitness, and boys' education.  Here is some more information about his life.

I was amazed to discover that in 1918 he wrote a short book entitled Keep Happy to celebrate his 50th birthday.  The message is that happiness is not just desirable, it is our religious duty to be happy.  It’s strikingly modern:

"What does your anxiety do? It does not empty tomorrow, brother, of its sorrow; but ah! it empties today of its strength. it does not make you escape the evil; it makes you unfit to cope with it if it comes......Anxiety (which includes fear) saps more life in a day than work does in a week. Anxiety is unnecessary, unproductive, destructive work. It is hard work. It is sinful work.

Me: “no thanks I think I will have some...”

Hiya, me from the future. If your here, I just want you to know, people love you, and support you, don’t let other people get you down. I am happy to be who I am and my future self should too. Just remember I love you!