David Beckham hangs up his football boots

In an interview yesterday, David Beckham talks about life after football, his amazement at being a celebrity and the delight of being at home.  He also said that there was some
regret at no longer  playing.  I thought that we all have little regrets when we can't do something any more because even if we have decided to stop skiing or wind-surfing or climbing mountains, we usually have some other thing we are about to take up; a course in this or that or taking time to go to places we haven't been able to go to before.  We don't notice that we are all moving in one direction all the time, from a starting point to an ending point until someone suddenly flags up the exit flag.  So, why not take a regular break from the escalator of life, just spend a little time every day developing a new life skill, the skill of stillness.  It will not only benefit the day but benefit the way out.