There is an approach to life that is based on that which can be measured. How long? How much? What time? Which place? The quantifiables in life. You know where you stand when it can be quantified. Things like your goals in life should be quantifiable. Yet, you watch certain things in life take place […]
Read More Cannot Be MeasuredThere are some people who really aren’t keen to recount significant episodes in their past. They don’t like nostalgia, their favourite subject was never history and the moment anyone starts singing ‘Those Were The Days’, they run for cover. There is no time to look back on what happened, there is only going forwards. I […]
Read More AheadGod is really good to me. Whatever kind of day I have, however exhilarating or deflating, I can always come home to my wife. That has not always been a pleasant thought for me, but reflecting on the completion of fifteen years of marital union, it’s one of the best thoughts that makes work worthwhile. […]
Read More What About Year Sixteen?True strength can be experienced when we acknowledge we have no strength at all. People can go through experiences and emerge from it. This is not an indication that they are stronger. The thing about being strong for some is about a brave face, not giving anyone a hint of vulnerability or pain. This encourages […]
Read More Year Fourteen – StrongerSometimes you don’t know how bad it is until you realise just how far you’ve sunk. There is a really impressive capacity for self-deception. Keep the self busy, maintain certain routines, keep up appearances and most importantly tell yourself, you have it under control. It might be tight, but you have it under control. It […]
Read More Year Thirteen – From Sinking SandThere are some in football who feel that the best way to attack is to get the ball up the pitch as quickly as possible. It does not take the opposition long to work this out and to counter it, they will ensure that there are men in the right position to thwart efforts at […]
Read More Year Twelve – Going Back, Going ForwardThere is something about the growing up experience that leads you back to where you started. Not necessarily with your parents. Not exactly at the place of your birth. Just the sense that however big and independent you get, whatever material possessions you gain and lose, there is something of far greater worth. Every so […]
Read More Year Eleven – Found A HomeHe took me out for a walk. We had gone out for walks before and each one seemed to be longer than the previous one. It didn’t matter at the time, because the walks themselves were great opportunities to connect. He would share what was going on in my life and he gave me a […]
Read More Year Ten – Celebrating Progress: Keep On WalkingI admit it. I am one of those people who was brought up in a culture and an age when laundry did not need to be washed by hand. By the time I knew what was what, I was made aware of this contraption called the washing machine. Sort out the dirty clothes, put the […]
Read More Year Nine – CleansingIt is difficult to think of a clean slate in life. After all, whenever you start anything, there’s the tendency to refer to what had happened in the past. Much as experience can be a friend, it can also be a hindrance to embracing the new of the new. There are glimpses available, though, of […]
Read More Year Eight – New Beginnings
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