There are few things in life as wonderful, refreshing and invigorating as seeing someone do something to an excellent standard. It is sad that often, for a wide range of reasons, we are somewhat cultured to accept that which is less than excellent, so that the excellent is soething of a rarity. It’s sad, because […]
Read More About That Quote: On ExcellenceIt’s worth checking the attitude on the journey. We have two options as to the attitude we’ll take. We can walk humbly, or we can walk in pride. There is something about pride. It’s alluring, it’s gratifying, it lifts the sense of self. There’s something about giving yourself a knowing nod that you did this. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Check the AttitudeThe question was why. Why did we do things the way we did them? Why were things the way they were? Why did we think the way that we did? Why? I was conversing with my brother, and we were reflecting on the role television played in our upbringing. It played a big part. There […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Check The ProgrammingOffice work is fascinating. There is the work to complete. There are the positions to be filled. There is the ladder of the organisation. There is office politics. There is the adaptation process required to understand and thrive in all of that. When I first worked in an office, I was blessed to have someone […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: How It Looks and How It IsThe two of us were reading a part of the Bible. It wasn’t a large part at all. A couple of small paragraphs. It launched a conversation that took well over an hour. Why it took so long was the desire to enjoy the riches in those short paragraphs. T was such a stimulating conversation […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Good Basis To Move FromWhen I was a lot younger than today, I did some volunteering. I had the great honour and privilege of volunteering for a gentleman who wrote books and did talks on a wide range of issues including archaeology and history. He treated me very well. He gave me a lot of opportunities to help out […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: No Hard FeelingsBeing the centre of attention has its perks. You can set up days in the calendar where people have to be focused on you and you can act all coy and retiring and stuff as you also slyly smirk at the attention you receive, the compliments and some benefits like people doing your work for […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Being a PlatformShe said, ‘alignment’. I knew what she meant at the time. What she described was very familiar to me. She wanted to do something but felt a restraint on doing it because she wasn’t in line with what was right for the time. It would be more about he impulses and desires, rather than genuinely […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: In StepNobody told me that the road would be easy, I don’t believe He brought me this far to leave me. (James Cleveland) In my childhood days I heard a gospel group’s recording of this song and the lead singer had a great vocal howl and screech. They would repeat that last line and I can […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: For the Trouble Ahead and the Joy BeyondAn eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. That’s a very simple thing to say and it’s packed with much truth and it’s often ignored. Here’s why it’s ignored. Whether it’s under the guise of self-defence or through the encouragement to stand up for yourself and be strong, there is something that just […]
Read More The Marks 14: Do Not Repay Evil With Evil
