When I heard the music he wrote, that’s how I felt. When I heard her first cries as she emerged into the world, that’s what I experienced. When, against all odds, they managed to lift the trophy, that’s certainly what overcame me. And these were small expressions of what is available in each stage of […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – AstoundWhat you aim for is important. That aim is not always the same in the short term. The aim is always the same in the larger scheme of things. There’s somewhere to get to; there’s a goal in mind. It would be awesome to aim for something astounding that is ace to achieve for someone […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – AimIt’s fine when it’s all you knew. It’s not fine when you know better. It’s fine if this is all you know. It’s not fine if that’s all you want to know. And the more you know, the more it will do something about what you knew. And it’s not about what happened, it’s about […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Not Going BackwardsThe worst lead to have in football is to be two goals up. One goal ahead is tenuous. Anything can happen. It only takes a moment for an equaliser to come in. With two goals, though, there can be uncertainty in the team that takes that lead. Should they push for a third, or can […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Go for the WinLife is a journey. Every day we start somewhere, and we’re going somewhere. We won’t end the day in the same place we started. Some of us are intentional in the journey we’re making. Some are aware of the progress they make on the journey. It’s great to reach a place where you’re aware of […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Get to the PlaceYou can go through an experience and emerge from it in such a way that you know you’re different. Something about how you view people, how you view opportunities, how you take on challenges. Those experiences can highlight operating from a process of healing or a position of hurting. It can be challenging to operate […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – For the Next Step: Hurting or HealingThis is the way it’s always been, this is the way it will always be. With that, we settle for the established. Yet, there are times when we are invited to consider things afresh. And sometimes in that fresh look, we can observe certain things that don’t need to keep going. We can see that […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Think AgainI love tens. I enjoy working through lists. Here’s my current list of tens: What would be your ten in each category? What would be your own ten categories/questions? For His Name’s Sake C. L. J. Dryden Shalom
Read More Dryden Shorts – A Few TensGet what I need to get said in 100 words or less. That doesn’t mean I get everything said. The Shorts is a space to leave a note on a key point. What I find often is that there are a lot of things I want to say about a matter, and the Shorts hints […]
Read More 20 for 20 #18 Dryden Shorts Part 3It’s not that I have anything against cats; it’s just that when I was told the saying “curiosity killed the cat,” I thought the cat shouldn’t have got in the way of curiosity. That might sound a bit harsh, I know, but it’s more a reflection of the great regard I have for curiosity. And […]
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