I've Been Tagged : With Apologies to Tom Curl

Preamble
Thank you Tom for so kindly inviting me to submit my life attitude details here but I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you and quite unforgivably not stick to any protocol.

But. first of all, her are my nominees for the next "I've been Tagged". Now will you all be good and stick to the tried and tested routine. Please don't become mavericks like me. I'm being a bad boy here. Be good you dear people..

Svetlana G, Shruthi P, Cristina S, Cheryl W, Payam S, William D, Reena D, Priscilla P, Marge H, Sheila D, Yvonne F, Anne B Grote, Richard M, Carol R.

Introduction
I began by using the proper format as per Tom but then discarded the attempt. My boat has been tossed around by high winds and gusting hurricanes. I've slept in beds but also in bunks and under trees. I've dined with a duchess, sailors and wanderers.
An Opera singer has, with a smile, flung a rose at me from a stage.
How can I write all this in regimented form?

But I can tell you this: I hate and despise evil people and I actively work against them. They include corrupt officials, child molesters, woman abusers, etc.

I become deeply saddened when good friends disappear without any discussion. I give much of myself in my friendships and therefore the breaking of bonds is painful to me.

Fears? I've none. Not even of dying. I've lived in a jungle for four months without a gun. I've been near enough wild elephants to hear their tummies rumble.
Regrets? The greatest is that I never learnt to fly a plane.
Soul mates? I believe that they are gifts from God and that He could send to you more than one. I believe too that if you quarrel with your soul mate and part, it's an affront to God.
Leadership? Ha! I'm a Leo. A born leader...however I can easily curl up in a corner and enjoy the doings of others.
Arguer? I love a debate very much especially if we all learn a lot. If the going get's rough I calmly ease my way out. I've go nothing to prove.
Laughter? Oh I laugh very easily. In homes, on planes, in bars and during candle light dinners.

As an Engineer
I was fully trained for the logical world and became, it seems, an excellent engineer. It must have been so because my company sent me all over the world as a negotiator cum problem solver. Was it because of my ability and my personal style? Who knows?
I was sent to UK (4), Germany (4), USA (13), Canada (2). Brazil (1), Japan (1) times and because of this have seen many many places.
Break-aways and sport took me many more places: SA, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Germany, Holland, Spain, UK and Yugoslavia.

Generally
I could never refuse a challenge:
To swim a river, live in the bush, take part in debates, work on a boat, dance in the street, climb a mountain, cross a desert and so on.
I've always been drawn to spiritual aspects of life and have been to many mosques, Hindu temples, Shinto temples, Cathedrals and Churches.

I've had lunch with the PM of India believe it or not.

Life has placed me kind of accidentally on a few occasions in the company of "ladies of doubtful virtue"...including a geisha while in Japan. I never availed myself of their delights as I prefer some sort of bond to exist before I show any real interest. I spent my time with the geisha, in the absence of a common language, drawing pictures of our lands of origin and our dreams.

God's Command
The second, more profound, part of my life began when I married a charming young woman who fell to the ground after six months. Her brain tumour operation failed and she lay on her bed, a vegetable, for over a year before she thankfully died.
During that year, my happy-go-lucky relationship with God ended. The blessings up to then freely bestowed on me also ended.
Hour upon hour I would look into her eyes and couldn't discover what she was trying to tell me. Was it a reproof? If there was a plug I would've pulled it...I swear.
After a million "dear God, why's". I felt that I was being asked to work for Him.

I really did not know how to fulfil my task to Him but two years later, while under anaesthesia in a hospital, I received the same command. "Work for me. Tell the world about love and compassion. Write for Me. Write in the Eastern genre where My
Love has been known for the longest time".
I immediately resigned and, although inexperienced, began to write about 3 or 4 years ago.

I've just read that Vladimir Megre, a Russian author, too received a calling and immediately, without making any plans, has begun to write in Moscow books about spiritual insights.

I don't go out and look for work but people come out of the blue with engineering consultation work. A positive cash flow does wonders for ones feeling of freedom.

My Writings
I've completed 5 novels: Beloved Tigress, Maharani of the Skies, Shaadila the Oasis, Riding with Kismet and The Magic Fruit Tree.
Beloved Tigress is being considered by a Bollywood Company for filming in South Africa.
Next month I'll publish my anthology of poems and short stories under the title "Walking with Joy and Caprice".

All of my works are dedicated to God, love, compassion and spiritual joy.