I don’t do church that much. I struggle with the plastic perfection I find in most of them and I am too tired and too cynical to try and do something about it, in me and in others. so, I am always glad to listen when friends who I trust share with me what they … Continue reading waiting
challenge
one another
Say the word ‘love’ and most people imagine couples in love. usually young couples. usually young couples holding hands in that state of euphoric exciting new relationship at the beginning of a journey. we rarely imagine an old couple who have been together for a number of years who are struggling and arguing. we rarely … Continue reading one another
call back
Sometimes it feels like it’s all the same and that it’s all meaningless. every day it’s another struggle. this continuous attempt at stemming time; trying to subdue our surroundings, our lives. trying to gain some control. do you ever feel like that? and then you wake up the next morning and it starts all over … Continue reading call back
coin
Every coin has two sides. sickness and health, sorrow and joy, birth and death, day and night, summer and winter, good and evil. live with the knowledge that life and experience are made up of both challenge and rest, struggle and achievement and that each season, each side of the coin of experience is necessary … Continue reading coin
rush
In the rush of life, I failed to notice that the butterflies had not come back and that the weeds had over grown. I failed to see that the moss had covered the path and the trees had lost their leaves. in the rush of life, I struggled with providing it all and making sure … Continue reading rush
good
I believe that 98% of people are good, she said to me... then 2 weeks later she sold me out and told lies about me at a time when I thought she was a friend. the trouble is, when we make judgements about what good is, we make the judgement on what we believe is … Continue reading good
value
What value, the life of one person? is it dependant on the person's context? the person's contribution? the person's ability? or on any of the many different variables that exist between us? is it dependent on the valuer's context? the valuer's contribution? the valuer's perspective? or on any of the many different variables that exist between … Continue reading value
reached
Imagine ... if every nation agreed to, for one month in the year ... even the shortest month of the year ... set aside half of their budget for armament and instead used it to overcome world poverty ... i wonder what impact this would have? i wonder, if we actually did this, if it … Continue reading reached
ripple
You don't know what is going on in another's life. today, someone may be rude to you, they might ignore you or do something that offends you, they might look at you funny, they might make you angry and leave you feeling annoyed by their actions or looks or words. so now you have a … Continue reading ripple
me?
It was nothing new, the noise the dust the people complaining, the filth of life and no one asks, and no one questions, and everyone grumbles, and jostles and I take my lot and then some more while I am also robbed. It’s all a part of it. and then I saw his pointing hand. … Continue reading me?
cracked not broken 