Happy B'day Bro

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!

Ads is 22 today... madness. My lil' bro. When I was his age I'd wrestled through a degree and hopped on a plane to discover the world and what life was about. My bro on the other hand, plucked and placed in the comfort, or should I say conformity of the RAF before you could say GCSE's has had quite a rigid young adult existence to date, but not for long. It's a big bad old world out there for him right now, in 'civvy' land (where he'll be entering in less than two weeks) and must be pretty scary for him. Yet he's been to Afghanistan, he's been out on gruelling excise for weeks at a time, he's had ugly men shouting in his face and endured endless ironing and polish of shoes! So ultimately, I am positive he will survive... but this world moves quick and isn't always fair - I hope he can learn fast that you've gotta be flexible.

I think about Star Signs A LOT, my brother thinks it's ridiculous - but he would being Aquarius. Not that all Aquarians think the same, but they are of the 'Fixed' family (as opposed to Cardinal, or Mutable - me!) so once he's got something in his head it can be like dragging a spotty teenager out of a stripclub to try and get him to change it. He's also got a lot of passion in his chart - Aries rising and Scorpio lurking in there he can be pretty intense and fiery. My bro though, I'm proud to say, has a heart of gold, he's full of love and compassion. He just needs to set his expectations higher and stop under-estimating himself. Conditioning is sooooo important though! It's no wonder he feels like that when he has Little Miss Float Around and Land On Her Feet as a big sister and Head Girl Straight A* Captain of Every Team on the Planet little sister as siblings. Also, being a bit dopey and being reminded of that (quite a lot) by said sisters and probably parents doesn't help either. Crap. Don't get me wrong, I probably got/get equal stick for various shortcomings too but I usually either ignore it or am daydreaming so don't even hear it (or I hit the person so they shut the hell up). Ads is more sensitive. To summarise, he's a legend. Happy B'day Bro. xxx