Dryden Shorts: From The Known

Leaving the known is scary. There is something about going beyond where you’re used to that frightens you and understandably so. It’s unknown and the unknown holds no guarantees. Whereas you know where you stand with what is known. Yet growth truly takes place when we leave the known for the unknown and make that […]

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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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Let’s Remember The Good Times

The bag was packed. John wanted to travel as light as possible. He trusted that he would find what he would need whereever he ended up. He only took what he felt he would need. He was happy to let his brother, Carl, take everything else. All the clothes, the furniture and rather cool other […]

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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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Greater Expectations

It was my mentor who got me to start thinking properly about expectations. Previously things happened to me and I just went with the flow. I was the recipient and did not really impose anything. I went to university to a large degree because it was expected of me. I had done the A-levels to […]

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It’s A Long Way From …

It can happen at a random moment. It can be a significant event that triggers it. Yet you can reach a stage where you look back on the progress that you made in life. At one point you were in the home, waiting to be fed, looking to others for your daily needs and taking […]

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One Step After the Other

It is so simple. Steady yourself in the upright position. Tentatively balance yourself. Lift the right leg and put it down in front of you. Maintain that balance in the new position. Steadily ease off with the left leg and place it in front of the right leg. Maintain the balance in the new position. […]

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Right People in the Right Place

Wisdom is so crucial to living well. Without it you have no chance. A piece of wisdom I received a long time ago is one that I’ve see great benefit from. That piece of wisdom is that it’s important to surround yourself with the right people. By God’s grace, I was considered to be the […]

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