Time, resources, relationships and self. Key elements that can thrive under great management to the benefit of many. Key elements that lead to tremendous misery and disaster when poorly managed. Interwoven in these key elements is the concept of responsibility. My interaction with responsibility has been strange over the years. When I was a child […]
Read More Managing ResponsibilitiesOf all the things we manage beyond self none is more challenging, frustrating, annoying, rewarding and fulfilling than relationships. By relationships, I mean with people, so in as much as some may be disheartened to realise I am not including dear faithful Rover, or the adorable Nibbles the hamster, I am exclusively referring to people. […]
Read More Managing RelationshipsRecently I came across two episodes that highlighted both the reality of change and the value of things enduring. A major reason why I started blogging almost 10 years ago was because of my best friend at university. Funnily enough it’s almost 20 years ago since I first met him. I found out that he […]
Read More Good Friends LastThe worse thing is – they mean well. You know what I mean. Those people with annoying, irritating aspects of character but aren’t deliberately being so. They don’t mean it, but it’s there. The worse thing is – they mean well. What helps tremendously in engaging with these aspects is recognising some annoying and irritating […]
Read More Altering Awkward ApproachesWhy is she like that? It really annoys me when he behaves like that. How will these bills get paid and I am able to do this that I want to do as well? What if we don’t meet the targets this month, will that mean that our job is threatened? I am told to […]
Read More Admitting AnxietyThere are times when I have a dim outlook on the way things are. Take the Pastor-centric perspective on church. So much is expected of an individual far beyond any biblical outline for a role. In some contexts such is the exalted position that it’s almost like they are gods among mere mortals whose diktat […]
Read More Having A DifficultyI am a big fan of conversations. That hasn’t always been the case. For years I preferred guided monologues. By which I mean I would ask someone a question which would trigger them going off on one about something or other. I would then give other prompts and they would carry on their spiel. I […]
Read More Having A ConversationTimes change and so do people. You may not move location, but you certainly move in the dynamic of relationships.There are times when you move so far that you get to a point where you wonder if you have gone too far. It’s not that you’ve gone too far, though, it’s just that you’ve moved […]
Read More When You Never Forget The Good TimesI didn’t make it to the gathering. If I told you how tired I was, it still wouldn’t do justice to how tired I was. After a season of pushing myself the body simply refused to be abused that way again. So I didn’t make it. In another setting at another time that would have […]
Read More The Value of RelationshipsThere are cute words in the English language. There is something cute about the word ‘vessels’. You might not think so, but I do and on here that’s all that matters. It’s such a great analogy for the life of a follower of Jesus Christ. We are not our own, but we are made for […]
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