It was 28th November.
I sat down for a one-on-one..
A student, a student at the
George Williams YMCA College
Youth Work student.
I took some notes
as always.
His name was Dave Mitchell
from Northern Ireland.
A beautiful human.
He told me about himself.
I took notes - 'recordings' we call them in the biz.
The year was 1980
I found the notes this week.
Part of the Wilson Mansions downsizing.
I found a file full of supervision notes.
I was leading a large youth work project
in the East End of London UK.
This week I shredded them all -
but one.
Last night I met Dave in Da Mario,
favourite family run Italian in Covent Garden.
This had been arranged to coincide with his visit
from NI. He was at a conference today.
And I found the notes this week -
and I gave them to him last night.
Nearly 30 years later.
We talked for hours.
Catching up on 29 years apart.
it was a beautiful human experience.
Here is a Pipturesque.
He is running a programme in Lisburn.
One as a result of the Good Friday agreement there.
All about community well-being,
relationships between humans who are different.
Sometimes humans who are different avoid each other!
(In your community? - are you one of them?)
Where he lives there has not been a history of that =
avoiding!
It has been
more like warring -
more like killing.
Thank God for all Peace agreements
all Peace lovers
and better still -
all Peace MAKERS.
