Dealing With the Stretch of Life

It’s good to stretch yourself. That’s not something I was always comfortable with. My preference back in the day was always to look for the path of least resistance. Certain things came easier to me than others, so I would tend to stay doing those things that came easier to me. That plan seemed to […]

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To Be Clear

My wife and I have three daughters in the house – still children. The youngest of whom is not in double figures yet in terms of her age. Those daughters are blessed with an incredibly expressive and animated mother. They also live with a father who is very much keen on speaking properly. Often their […]

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You Have A Problem With Order?

Someone suggested to me that it’s good to have an order, it’s good to know the order and it’s good to keep the order. It got me thinking … Every so often my family enjoys ordering food to eat that’s delivered to the home. As it has become a family thing, everyone is more or […]

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Forces at Work

It gets to me as well. An event happens, it’s presented in a way that arouses a strong reaction. It’s emotional and passionate. Words effortlessly come to the fore to describe the reaction. It’s only later on in conversation with wiser people that I stop to reflect on that reaction. There is the chance to […]

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Defying All Odds – Jesus is Lord

In the midst of political contention, Jesus is Lord. Where there’s ambitious sniping and griping, Jesus is Lord. Where attaining positions leads to a superiority complex, Jesus is Lord. Where a person’s identity is linked to a title, Jesus is Lord. Where the poor are oppressed and the rich are filled with greed, Jesus is […]

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Light of Life

So much darkness. So much stumbling around. All leading to the same outcome. No matter how sophisticated the look is in the stumbling, it’s still stumbling. No matter how brave and heroic, daring and dashing the stumbling, it’s still stumbling. It becomes the definition of existence, how well you do with the stumbling. Some get […]

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Go With The Flow

Trends. Something happens somewhere, it proves to be popular, people latch onto it and it captures the imagination for a season. It might be something you eat or something you wear. It could be a catchphrase or a way of looking at the world. Whatever it is, it makes its mark on the culture at […]

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Prepared for Action

Bond would be interrupted from a romantic interlude because of a message that it was important to see M. At the meeting point Bond would be given the mission by M and then as he would go out on the field, he would inevitably come across Q. Here Bond would be equipped with the pertinent […]

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Fly Away

What a wonderful thing the mind is. There are certain settings you can find yourself in where external circumstances can be disturbing. If your mind dwells on those circumstances and then begins to process it, you can find yourself in some bad places. This is what makes the mind so fascinating. There is the capacity […]

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Driven

The smile appeared charming enough. That’s what captured many people. The smile. The ease with which he appeared to take the game and take life was endearing to those who watched him play. Behind the smile, however, there was a player completely committed to being nothing but the best. When training finished for the morning […]

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