I am Alan Booth, an ordinary British Man . I'm not one of the famous people that have the same name as me, just an ordinary guy. Welcome to my main blog, a true reliable record of history from the perspective of an ordinary man, a place filled with my thoughts; perhaps my thoughts will persist longer on here than in my brain itself. My twitter I.D. is @alspresso.
Thursday, 14 January 2021
A moment free of thought
Sometimes the best thing in this world is the point in time when I'm not thinking, just sitting quietly and holding the top of my head in my hand while I sip some coffee and watch something interesting on TV. It is a moment in time when I am free of thoughts, thinking of nothing, just watching a video about interesting things and listening to the tumble dryer turning over and blowing air through the clothes. The darkness of the winter world outside is far away and I curl up into the smallest space possible and enjoy the moment of nothingness.
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