Don't Kill The Cow Too Quick - About The Author

My school days were a struggle. I was described as lazy, inattentive and lacking in
confidence. In despair my father sent me to a school where there were only three
students in each class. In that special environment, I progressed rapidly and passed the
entrance examination for the British Military Academy (RMA Sandhurst) and on
graduating, I commenced serving as an infantry officer in a variety of countries that were
still a part of the British sphere of influence.

Leaving the army before the age of forty, I spent the next twenty five years dealing and
promoting fine art.

In 1997 I made an unscheduled visit to Panama, fell in love with the country and its
people and I made a commitment to become part of its future. For the past five years I
have been working to make my organic farm as self sufficient as possible. In my concern
over the multitude of problems facing the planet, I am an advocate of sustainable self
sufficiency.

From the age of twenty onwards I had a gut feeling that I should be writing but always it
was overridden by a fear of failure and the memory of my school days. For forty five years
I found every reason for not making the commitment to seriously have a go at creative
writing.

Now in my seventies, writing has become my therapy. Although I have other
commitments that take much of my time, I do my best to find the time and energy to
something each day.

In the poem by the Indian sage, Paramahansa Yogananda, The Noble New, the words
gave me encouragement to sing my own song.






We all have dreams but many of us think they are beyond our reach. We all have songs
that none have sung. We should not measure our talent by the talent of others because
we are each different. Every person has a talent hidden somewhere within. Often the
talent remains dormant because that person is afraid to commit to what his inner voice is
telling him to do. His instinct is telling him to fulfill his potential by developing his God
given talent.

It does not matter how successful you become. What matters is that you have the
courage to give your talent a chance to show. Once started, you must have the courage
to continue because there will be good days and bad. Ride through the bad days and
they will become less frequent and the good days will become in the majority.

                           The Noble New

           Sing songs that none have sung,
           Think thoughts that ne’er in brain have rung
           Walk in paths that none have trod,
           Weep tears as none have shed for God,
           Give peace to all to whom none other gave,
           Claim him your own who’s everywhere
                  disclaimed.
            Love all with love that none have felt, and
                   brave
            The battle of life with strength unchained.