Student of the Game

John thought to study something was a task you did removed from that thing. It took meeting up with Ben to show him that studying something properly required immersion in that thing as much as possible. The first time he met Ben was a chance encounter in a library. They were in the same section […]

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Can They See Progress?

Maybe it’s because we’re being polite. Perhaps it could be that we’re not used to doing that way. Whatever it is, it bugs me. There were three of us and two of us were already believers when the third guy became a part of the mix. By part of the mix it started with occasionally […]

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Aspire for Better

It was a good time to reflect. Their parents left their country to settle in this one. Both of them had not received education to a high degree. Both of them sought to work hard in this country and provide the foundation for their children to have a decent upbringing especially when it came to […]

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Yeah, But What Will You Do?

John didn’t want to say anything. He was just getting on with his work from day to day. He kept his head down and just endeavoured to bury himself in the activities that needed completing. But no. He just couldn’t. This was because of Lisa. Lisa was sat in the booth behind him and every […]

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Learn or Complain

It is really odd. They chose to play the game. They knew the point of the game. They had an idea of how to play the game. They saw examples of the game. They had sufficient time to prepare for the game. They played the game. And lost. When they lost the game they bewailed […]

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Then You Stop And Realise …

Apparently you just keep going. There’s this project today, there’s that assignment tomorrow, there’s that challenge the day after. It’s all booked in your diary and when anyone asks if you’re available, you can genuinely inform them that you’ll have to check because you’re pretty well booked up for the forseeable future. Apparently you just […]

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Day by Day: But Not In That Way?

My beautiful firstborn daughter recently celebrated her birthday. She has two younger siblings, they are also beautiful. The three of them together bring joy to my soul by just being themselves. Yet someone had to be first and so it is that this daughter is my firstborn daughter. I remember the time of her birth […]

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