One of my favourite songs of all time is Paul Simon's Bridge over troubled water. The Live version in Central Park is excellent, the cover by Andrea Bocelli and Mary J Blige even better. The opening lyrics, "when you're weary" are a promise of something better to come.

What should one do when one is tired to the point of resignation? Well, if you have any friends, go and sit down and have lunch, laugh about silly things, reminisce, look for the positive in everyone's story and drink from the well of friendship. The refreshed or at least with battery slightly charged again, off you go to face the world again.

They talk of a second wind in marathon running and taking an hour and a half out of of the trenches gives you little gusts of wind that may not be enough for a marathon but enough to for a few more steps to the next water point.

There is no point in hiding away like "a selfish little clod of ailments complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy" as Shaw so eloquently put it. So if you are feeling weary, go out there, have a drink with a mate, take a walk on your own (that is not expensive) and watch people jogging around you, nod at the man walking his dog, the couple walking or the sunset and marvel at the simplicity of life. There, I feel better now!