What a rush! Becoming a father, then grandfather, were amazing experiences and I have amazing children and grand-children! As a new great-grandfather, the feeling just expands.
The difference is that I have lived and experienced so much more of real life since I first experienced fatherhood. I love being a father, and there was a time when I wished that children came with operating instructions when they are born!
I think we are on the brink of a huge transformation in how we perceive ourselves as ‘the economy.’ Will we go forward, or go back to the perceived security of yesterday? I wonder.
Could you indulge an older perspective for a moment? I know, I know, the way we are supposed to think is….”If you ain’t got the solution, you’re part of the problem.” I disagree. I always say that this kind of thinking has tended to keep folks from sticking their neck out, in case they are thought to be fools.
To be clear, I’m certainly not one to give any advice, and I do notice that some of today’s ‘experts’ are doing ‘consulting practices’ that I remember experiencing over 40 years ago. It may sound like new ‘strategies’ to those who haven’t been exposed to them. Know what? It ain’t! Is it just more of what we are familiar with? Is there just some kind of hope about the effectiveness, since it might have worked in the past?
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Just a brief note about the news, the mid-east conflict, commentary by bloggers and the public, and pretty much everything that is a mess out there……is anyone else getting frustrated that we seem to be going in circles with these conditions?
Sooner or later it might be a good idea to take a closer look at who exactly are the combatants, and bystanders. I’m not being a smart-ass here, but all I see and hear is one label after another….everyone is treated like they are part of some race, organization, religion, politic, etc. This is therefore to suppose somehow that they are willing parties to what is happening.
Well, they are human beings first, and that seems to have gotten lost in the confusion. Why is it not obvious that we are seeking targets instead of partners?
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There are three very important things we need to know about love…..unfortunately, no one knows what they are!!
I have no idea where my ‘ponderings’ are going to go in the coming months and saying something about the concept of love seems so appropriate. We’ve just finished using it in cards and seasonal greetings, even while it may have been dormant for a good part of the year.
The accomplishing of my community projects in 2009 is dependent on the strength of my relationships. I am struck by how often those relationships seem to imply varying levels of love. Or do they?
“What levels? Does love have levels? I certainly don’t know!” Does anyone know? Continue reading