I am 77 and an ageing man. One never knows how long Life will continue. I tried very hard to see the steadfast course that enables me to think and reflect and be guided positively each day. This involves thinking of others as well as myself and to think about the things that have helped get me to the point in life I have reached.

In my mind I have a Compass one on which I focus my minds eye and it points me in directions I would do well to follow that’s happened for the whole of my life. It continues to this day.

Occasionally I look at my compass in life through the rear vision mirror of my experiences and realise that I have learned a lot and that that learning is still a guide.

Direction in life for me is about thinking before acting and then looking to where I have come from to the present and to consider the future in terms of going forward.