Life will not go well as a solo venture. It might appear to go well. There might be accolades and achievements to reflect the solo venture, it might even lift up the spirits recalling the barriers overcome. Yet the fact that we are the product of a social engagement and our arrival on the planet […]
Read More About Who You Can Work WithThere is real vulnerability in understanding someone else’s point of view. Vulnerable because there’s an element of leaving what is comfortable to you, to enter into something that is far more comfortable for someone else. That probably explains why in some conversations it’s easier to ‘connect’ with what someone is saying by talking about what’s […]
Read More About An UnderstandingYou will never know until you ask. My firstborn daughter and I were having a conversation. During that conversation she asked some questions. When she heard the answers, she asked some more questions. when she heard those answers she asked some more questions. Then she stopped, because she felt she was irritating me with the […]
Read More About Asking QuestionsThere are times when it is good to ask questions. Those questions can vary in depth, but when certain things crop up, certain circumstances appear to conspire, it appears as if everything is up in the air. Nothing is grounded. Nothing is as safe as it was. In times like that, it might appear comforting […]
Read More About When It’s All Up In The AirI’ve got this brilliant idea. What we’ll do is we’ll come up with a newsletter for the school. We can write different articles in it and it can have the sort of things we want to see in the newsletter. We need to get permission from the teachers to see if we can do it […]
Read More About Ideas, Failings and More IdeasThere is urgency, but there’s no rush. It’s important and exactly because it’s important this is why hurrying on the matter would be counterproductive. Often it doesn’t seem as though anything is happening and when that is the case over a period of time the feeling of frustration can settle in. Then that frustration can […]
Read More About Watching and WaitingDreams are fascinating subject to consider. The role they can play in life can have a significant bearing on life as we know it. Somebody’s dream can set the course of their life. There are those who happily encourage people to pursue their dreams that they can become a reality. There are even national concepts […]
Read More About DreamsRest. Peace. Sat down. Wonderful terms. Beautiful concepts. Blessed assurances to be found in Jesus Christ. In the unrest and discomfort of life, it is a profound and encouraging truth to find rest and peace. My Dad must have a good relationship with Jesus. He exudes a degree of calmness and serenity that I have […]
Read More About The Call To Be UnsettledWhy do I drink? Someone got me thinking about that very simple question. If it was all just about survival then we wouldn’t really need to drink anything other than water. There is something more to drinking that surviving. There’s something about it that can be about enrichment and stimulation. What it can do to […]
Read More About The One Cup ExperienceGrowing up in a church background, there was a statement I heard bandied about as a badge of honour. I’m Holy Ghost filled, water baptised with Jesus on my mind. As with a number of statements, they were easy to declare in a conducive setting. Music playing, feeling the vibe, sensing the mood, uplifted in […]
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