2. It used to rain a lot as we walked home for the bus, (around 4 miles) and he always says that he would drive some day and things will all work out so we would get out of the rain with a car and the car would give freedom. (I still don't understand that advice considering the traffic lights).
3. We slept at his mates houses as we didn't have a house back then, then my dad got us a bedside in Deniston for us which is about the size of a prison cell with a shared shower with everyone else living there.
4. I used to have smelly socks at school because they never dried in time & he always said "don't worry about it we can dry them with a towel", I'll show you.
5. "It's not about everyone else son, go in and do your best at school and be whatever you want to be. No pressure from me".
6. He passed his driving test, got a car then we got our Christmas presents stolen from the car, their was just no place else to hide the presents in a bedsit from me, so it was a great steel for theifs the night before Christmas and a priceless lesson we learned. Got Christmas shopping together every year after that with a sum of money handed over for me to choose my own.
7. My dad had a mate from school called Livvy & he gave up "normal life" and stays in a TP (tent like structure Native American Indians would of used) up the road in the hills. A rich man gave him the land for free if he could stop other people throwing rubbish on his land. He used the rubbish to design a life and tells tourists passing by old Scottish stories and fairytales and I was fascinated by this style of living when I was young.
8. My dad never liked the outdoors though, but he stood inside the TP as I played outside on the swings and seen the horses and rabbits, it was heaven being with nature. Dad used to always turn up and watch me play football in the rain too and pretend that he liked me playing, I was too slow but had all the tricks, it's clear who the best players are at football, there's no hiding.
9. He said I could have anything I want from life, once I know what it is. "But if it's just women and settling down" he told me something I won't repeat. (That's golden)
10. "Never blame any outside circumstances for the close relationships you have in your life son, we all have it hard".
11. People kept hitting me in the street, my dad came and watched but never helped me against the other kids and my mum shouted at him for that. He said "you've got to learn to defend yourself son, it's a tough world".
12. "Never worry about money, just enjoy life experiences son and see where that takes you". The PlayStation will go out of fashion one day.
13. "I can't tell you about the birds and the bees because I'm a man but here is a few videos, figure it out for yourself".
14. "Don't tell everyone when you help someone, you don't need to tell people that part. Just give it and get on with it."
15. If someone opens a 24 hour shop they will put the other shops out of business, they will work on Sunday's and just outwork everything else and people won't have time to do anything else.
16. When I met your grandad for the first time, he asked if I was a protest or Catholic and then shut the door in my face when I said I'm not a Protestant. Life's going to do that to you, it's all about how you respond.
17. We got tickets to see Celtic play in Europe and I told all my mates, but Celtic got beat and the players never turned up & I cried a lot. My dad made me wear smart clothes instead of my tracksuit for the occasion.
18. Jimmy Johnston saw my dad trying to lift my tears & came over. "He said I'm your uncle Jimmy", I'll show you what we won. We went around parkhead and seen the European cup and he told me stories. "It's not about what happens on the park, it's how you treat people off it son. Never forget that."
19. "So what if a girl says no to you, just ask another one."
20. No matter what you do in life I will always love you, even if your gay. (That had a stigma many years ago in Glasgow, laughter and sarcasm is why everyone in this city bonds and it's why Glasgow is what it is - proper Glaswegians don't take criticism or stigma the way others in the UK do, it's why the city is so open and full of laughter).
21. We fell out for a few years a while back my dad and me & I went on a journey alone away from everyone which made me come back unrecognisable to old friends and family too as a vegan plant based ultra runner, into meditation like a Buddhist, write and read & philosophise. But my dads not changed, neither has my mum or anyone else and we all get on amazingly, we all sit at separate dinner tables off course. Having both parents at there own best feels amazing!
22. Dad still says the same things in the Glasgow terms that everyone will say .. Like f*** them all, just go out and do what you want with a smile. (Glasgow's smiles better slogan is the proper socially acceptable way of saying it)
22. Always rekindle your relationship with your parents, take all the good points and put them into yourself & look at all the bad points and correct them into yourself. Own you!
23. You can't pick your parents in life but you can decide what sort of child to this life that you want to be & you can be, have, do and accomplish anything you want to do.
24. I'm not gay just to clarify, just unbelievably focused on what I had to do & now its done I do enjoy tea with open eyes to women again.
25. Life will give you whatever you ask of it, just know the emotions that you are after, for you first & then share it! .... *My quote"
26. "Freedom, peace, love, gratitude, joy, thrill, excitement, passion, anger, sadness they all have a part on the road to fulfilment. *My quote"
27. "Son I didn't do well at school, get an education. I just did the best I could as a 17 year old dad who lost my father to early death & never wanted you to suffer how I did."
28. "We've had great times with a beer before you went on your path in life son, I will always remember those times in Seville and New York." But what my dad doesn't know is that the best times were when I really needed them, when I had nothing else.
29. We got some money and he got me Nike trainers, the dearest in the shop back then and after years of being made fun off for the cheap shoes I wore, it felt good I was going to be seen! Grey with luminous yellow air bubbles and on the first day wearing them I got called spaceman, because nobody else had them. Even the Nike brand got brought down, some people no matter what you do just don't want to see you DO IT (it's funny looking back).
30. I'm turning 30 this year laughing at how life is & it just keeps getting better and better with age and experience, I always hide my laughter now to close friends and the writing may come across as deep, but every comedian makes a living from that, but I choose philosophy as I experience something that lasts longer than just a laugh in life. (Love).
To be a dad myself now and live beyond normal (Ultra), where no fancy things or pieces of paper can knock me off the trail. It's really all down to both my parents, the friends on the way, the criticism also but most importantly it's the the love that made and makes me strong and if became more involved in sharing that part, because with love nothing in life can ever tear you down. Because the man made plastic or criticism doesn't stop the sun coming up, enjoy life being you.
My daughter now says I'm running strong daddy, I can do it myself daddy, I'm Ava-Jane, let me do it daddy and that's all from love. Love is the freedom to see the best in life, and having that love in between your ears means no matter what happens.... You are more powerful than you think & can do a lot more than you can imagine.
#LoveTheJourney
from William Robertson http://ift.tt/1RNNIUN My positive self talk - Entrepreneur Generations
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