SUNDAY 13th OCTOBER 2013 07:15 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (13th October 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Southwest Front captures most of Zaporozhe in heavy fighting
Soviet South Front is fighting its way into Melitopol 

In Germany...
Italian Marshal Graziani meets with Hitler

In the North Sea...
German vessel Telde is sunk by a mine 

In Italy...
German vessel Telde sunk by mine
Marshal Badoglio's pro-Italian government declares war on Germany
British 8th Army reaches Casacalenda
After heavy fighting, and with heavy air and seabourne support, US 5th Army gains a bridgehead across the Volturno River.

In the Mediterranean...
USN destroyer Bristol is sunk by U-371 
German vessel Marguerite sunk by RN submarine HMS Trooper with the loss of over 500 personnel 
Royal Navy Force H is disbanded as major naval forces in the Mediterranean are redeployed.

In the Atlantic...
U-402 is sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Card

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Kenkoku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Rasher 

Over Burma...
Japanese fighters attack Allied transport planes on "The Hump" air transport  route, downing three aircraft and damaging six more. The Americans counter by US 10th and 14th Air Force aircraft attacking Myitkyina airfield. The Japanese fighters return to Mingaladon to avoid Allied fighters. 

Today's Air Raids...
Tirana, Albania by US 12th Air Force
Massacre Bay, Attu Island by Japanese aircraft
Choiseul Island on offshore PT boats by Japanese aircraft
Rabaul and military targets, New Britain by US 5th Air Force and RAAF
Amoy, China by US 14th Air Force, sinking Japanese sub-chaser Kongo Maru

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Miscellaneous online stuff
Quality Missus Time
Lunch
Meditation
Bookwriting
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,685 (down 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 1
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Son is so much like me it's almost frightening! The big advantage of this is that I can read him like a book and know exactly what he's feeling. Like me at that age he is prone to serious "downers" and self-pity, particularly when he feels let down by others. Unlike me at that age he's got a Dad who understands. I therefore know that his sense of isolation doesn't really come from the behaviour of others, but rather the fact that he has not yet come to terms with the downside of his gift of a superior insight.

Seeing things as they are in greater depth means that you simply cannot think and act on the superficial level most people around you are on - fickle, trivial and ignorant. This can make you feel lonely and isolated. At best, the insightful only ever relate to a handful of people in their lives. Everyone else is kinda disappointing.

Eventually, and much quicker than I did (because I had no mentoring) he will come to terms with his difference, and once he starts to receive wider recognition, his thoughts will turn from what others aren't delivering to what he can contribute to the world.

The reality is that on the ultimate level of existence, there is only actually "you" here, and you have everything necessary within yourself to enjoy a fulfilling life experience. You don't need anyone's approval to be happy, although you will inevitably attract those who do. You simply need to see your own self-worth and put it to good use. 

I am in truth far more isolated than he will ever be, but I will never again feel lonely, though I will never forget its' crushing misery. But I now know what you and I really are, and every day I can see the difference I am making. Loneliness has turned into gratitude. So long as I continue to have a happy personal space free of malign influence, that happiness and gratitude will carry on indefinitely! 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you depending on yourself or others to make you happy.

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Rain throughout, light to heavy, with a cold consistent north-easterly wind
Max Temp = 10 degC
Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 07:30
Sunset at 18:16 

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Apparently, someone in London gets stabbed every 52 seconds, he should move somewhere else.

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Would I Lie To You - The Baboon Area

8. TRIVIA
Fish can form schools containing millions of fish. They use their eyes and something called a lateral line to hold their places in the school. The lateral line is a row of pores running along the fish’s sides from head to tail. Special hairs in the pores sense changes in water pressure from the movements of other fish or predators.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Character can be shaped or etched. It may be true from a medical perspective that our psychological and physiological traits are generally predetermined genetically. Knowing this, however, adds little to our lives. All that matters is how we can better ourselves here and now.