I am as connected to Simon as to any animal I have known, as he and I share a common sense of purpose – choosing life, every day, in every we can. The struggle of our world, I sometimes think, is that there are so many people and so many forces – many of them corporate and profit-making – news, law, medicine, politics,  weather, geriatrics, pharmaceutical –  lining up to keep us fearful and to try and convince us how we ought to live so they can profit from it.

You can say no to them, as Henry David Thoreau aid, and Simon did, and as I hope to do.

Come and say good morning with Simon. Video