The issues appear to pile up. The bills mount, the debts increase, the arguments multiply as do the headaches. You could do with a break. Even on holidays the time away from work only shows that there’s a need to work to pay off what it took to get to this holiday never mind what […]
Read More Issues and ServingIt was meant to be something that was liberating. But over time, it just felt like you were being dragged down. Bogged down by one thing and then the other. They told you that you had to wear this. Then they told you that you had to be careful what you said. Then they they […]
Read More Something Had to GiveWhat is this gnawing away at him? He could just carry on like everyone else. It clearly doesn’t bother anyone else. People either don’t say anything or even laugh at the thought of being bothered by it. He should just be among them and not let it affect him. But it gnaws away at him. […]
Read More A Point Is Reached When …Models. Structures. Rhythms. Routines. It’s not always obvious, but people like these. They find some sense of existence in a pattern. You establish a routine for how you eat. You get a rhythm for when you eat. You develop a structure for what you do when it’s time to eat. You set up a model […]
Read More Within Reach: It Is Not Beyond UsAssumptions abound. Among them is the assumption that you’re in. You’re in for how things operate. You’re in for how we do things here. You’re in for paying the price for how things are done. You’re in for how to behave and what to believe. You’re in. And you go take those assumptions for granted, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Asking About AssumptionsYou’re welcome to it, if you choose it. The teacher was outlining to his hearers the contrast to what the adversary stood for and what he stood for. The adversary only came to steal, kill and destroy. He had come that people could have abundant life. Two options available for people to take and every […]
Read More Accepting The Invitation To LiveHe invested in an orchard and got plenty of apples – what did you expect? She invested in a class of children to achieve great educational progress – what did you expect? They invested in restoring the disenfranchised to cultivate a community of hope – what did you expect? We don’t do those things at […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: What Did You Expect?Leaving the known is scary. There is something about going beyond where you’re used to that frightens you and understandably so. It’s unknown and the unknown holds no guarantees. Whereas you know where you stand with what is known. Yet growth truly takes place when we leave the known for the unknown and make that […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: From The KnownFor too long he was just going with the flow. He went to school and kept up with the effort of those in his class, because he was going with the flow. The boys were playing football, so he joined in because he was going with the flow. He joined the lads as they looked […]
Read More Going With What Flow?Not everyone is the organised type. You know the type. Those who have schedules, timetables, plans and charts that more or less shape their lives from the time they wake out of their slumber at the precise time they scheduled to the timed moment at which they will go to sleep. You call them up […]
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