NOT WORTH WORRYING ABOUT..

Well, I guess the picture tells the story.   It shows a forlorn group of Charlton fans worrying about their team`s loss of form, as they have now suffered five defeats on the bounce under new manager Chrissy "The Legend" Powell.   One of the reasons I haven`t gone on about Snopper Street`s footy lately is because of the plight our local pacy flanker and his chums now find themselves in.   A few weeks ago, they were riding high in second place in League One.   Now they have slipped right out of contention for automatic promotion and sit a daunting 10 points outside even the play-off spots.

In the meantime, both my beloved Saints and Mr. Slightly`s inspired Gills press on with a series of decent results that bode well for the end of season fol-de-rols of the play-offs.   But I won`t go on about that as I am not one of life`s gloaters.....unless, of course, Manchester United hit a sudden decline or Portsmuff implode, when gloating will become irresistible.

On what might at first glance seem an altogether distant subject from the fortunes of our football teams, I have started to watch the new BBC series `Wonders of the Universe.` presented by Brian Cox, he once of D-ream, `Things can only get Better,` an annoyingly youthful countenance despite being in his `40s, but for all that an impressive knowledge not just of particle physics but also its place in the great scheme of things.

Now, one or two things that he has made clearer already in his first programme are, firstly, the incalculable vastness of the universe and, therefore, the insignificance of the tiny blue dot on which we live.   And secondly, the vastness of the arrow of time from the beginning of it all to the end - if there ever is one.   The numbers are just silly, but they do accentuate the smallness of our planet and the blink of an eye during which we, as human beings, are here.

Set against all of that, I have already stopped being over concerned about tomorrow`s events  when the Saints visit Dean Court in Bournemouth for a `must win six pointer.` It really doesn`t seem to matter quite so much when viewed within the context of time and space and I would suggest the Charlton fans might indeed look on the bright side and just shrug their shoulders at the fortunes of their transient team and their transient selves. It really is not worth worrying about. 

 Live for the moment or it will be gone, never to return.  To be fair.