Ann and I have just got back from an incredibly relaxing week on Paradise Bay in the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. We had a great time with friends - sailing during the day, great food and wine, and sitting around a campfire in the evenings.

It was doubly interesting because we had no phone or internet for the week…that was hard for me as I’m certainly used to “checking in” regularly. But after a couple of days it was great. We relaxed, read books, talked with friends, played board games and really wound down. It made me realise that its just something that we don’t do enough of in our current fast paced society. It gave some great time for thinking…and some great time for not thinking.

…and at the end of it all, the world was still there. No real disasters had happened. Life went on.

We’ll be back at Paradise Bay sometime soon again for just that reason.