The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemmingway

I like this quote. I suppose we have all been broken in some manner by mid life haven't we? What differentiates winners from losers though are those possessing the strength to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, resolve to learn from the experience and smile as they move bravely towards their next brush with adversity. These are the people that change the world...

I'm here looking for an exceptional woman; someone deep enough and strong enough to walk beside me.....a soulmate to join me on the journey. Someone to not only celebrate the highs with, and God willing there will be many, but also the lows as they too are inevitable...

I am drawn to intellect, energy, beauty, curiosity, and kindness. As a hard working entrepreneur, I admire and empathize with people who have put themselves out there in pursuit of a goal involving commitment, sacrifice and risk to achieve.

A shared appreciation for the beauty, wonder, humour and irony that exists everywhere in day to day life would give us something to talk about.

Smile and take inspiration from the certain knowledge that the person you are meant to be with is out there searching for you, moving inexorably towards you even as you're reading this...

I like to be spontaneous on a first date. Let's just meet someplace well lit and take it from there...