There was an incident that took place recently which brought the power of story to sharp focus for me. A friend shared how she had been in an email dialogue with a new member of the workplace. The correspondent thought she could get friendly and familiar and call my friend pet names. My friend politely […]
Read More The Story You Buy Into – An IncidentYou ever hear a piece of music and get a taste of life? My daughters and I were listening to a piece of classical music and sharing what we heard in it. The thins we shared were about what life is like – happy moments remembering the good things that have happened. Within that there […]
Read More Hear the Life in the MusicThere were five of us in the household. Dad, Mum, my older sister, my younger brother and I. Looking back, the upbringing was fairly simple. My Dad wasn’t given to extravagances of any kind and wasn’t one to waste money at all. My Mum would be the one more likely to look at the occasional […]
Read More Small GainsAccording to the one earthly being I love above all others, I can sometimes use fifteen words to explain something that she might need in five. She prefers the five. She was overjoyed, then, when we sat around a table with some good friends sharing life together. One of our friends shared something very simple […]
Read More Converse, Connect, Understand & ActIt was something familiar to be back at her parents’ home. She hadn’t been there for years, but now she was about to get married and she wanted to visit the home one more time. As she visited the garage where all the old stuff was kept, she found an old shoe box. In it […]
Read More Previous, Present, ProspectiveIt’s one thing to be able to do something. It’s another thing as to whether you should do it or not. There’s this episode that takes place where a man gets healed and is so grateful that he offers a lot of lovely goods to the person who gave the healing. This person rejects the […]
Read More Wisdom To Know The DifferenceImprovisation tends to operate best from those who know how the basic steps go. Take the issue of knowing how to achieve a goal. You get in the habit of setting a goal and seeing how it can be achieved. You notice the importance of key personal qualities and you experience how things can work […]
Read More Checking The StepsIt’s good to start with the end in mind. 2018 has one month remaining. Some started this year with some resolutions. Some started with a few goals. Still others didn’t have an idea what they wanted from the year and played the ‘take every day as it comes’ approach. Whichever approach you had, it’s still […]
Read More Having a December to RememberIt is no ordinary journey – are you going? Lots of money is saved up over a period of time. Even as they go about their regular day to day life, in the back of their minds they know all of this is leading to something. Something significant. For some, they may only be able […]
Read More Pilgrimage: You’re Going ThereShe says she prefers things to be simple. She didn’t like the drama and the fuss. She was not keen on the politics and the backstabbing. She didn’t want to be a part of the games that people played whilst still presenting a so-called united front. She had seen that and been part of that […]
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