Business in Glasgow

As Britain’s aspirations disappear in the slush of Whistler Mountain, the Winter Olympics have come to an end and so again the dreams of many athletes. I wouldn’t want to knock them because I could not hurtle down an icy wall of death at 90 miles an hour, lying on my back on a little piece of board, so hats off to them.

Don’t you find sometimes that your aspirations and your hopes are constantly knocked on the head by the realities of life? However, in the midst of trying to find some consolation in the remains of the Winter Olympic reports late into the night, I came cross the Politics Live show.

 On this occasion I was encouraged to listen to the words of Rev Jesse Jackson who had been wheeled in to talk about British politics  and the lack of enthusiasm for it.

He kept coming away with the phrase that politicians need to instil ‘ faith, hope and … substance’  to what they say and what they do for their constituents. It was not just an American take on the usual ‘have a positive attitude about everything and it will all turn out right’, but he was focussing on the ‘substance’.

So often when we come to the big events in the world, whether it is the Olympic Games or World Cup Football or the Ashes Test in Cricket, there is a lot of faith and hope but we usually walk away with no substance, no results, no trophy at the end of the day.

So the question we will be thinking about at the next Engage meeting is what is the substance of life that makes it meaningful? The substance which enables you to rise above the disappointments which do come our way and gives you a foundation and a platform to build upon?

If you would like to join the discussion round the table then you would be very welcome. Please drop me an email at jackquinn59@btinternet.com and I will, by return, give you the details of the meeting.

I look forward to seeing you at some point and enjoy the discussion as we relax and chill after a day’s work.