Take a living child and
sew him up in a
dead mans skin.
Grandfather
has come back to life.
I read that recently, about how children become just like their Grandfather, or Grandmother, with values, attitudes, principles and behaviour.
Grandfather has come back to life.
'Each recruit of the human race
is a the instrument for what is called socialisation,
that is, getting each new recruit to the human race
to behave and experience in substantially
the same way as those who are already here.'
As I see it, my Mission
is about facilitating opportunities
for humans to grow and develop
to be
all that they can become.
"A caterpillar looks nothing like a butterfly
but one develops from the other"
I believe that.
I believe that for humans too!
Often beautiful humans are trapped in a dead persons skin.
They don't know any other options - often.
There is a beautiful human in there - trying to get out.
And that is where other humans, like you and me, comes in.
In the process of working at our own stumbling development, we are aiming to be of some support and usefulness to others.
Thirty years ago I was leading a team of forty Youth Worker on the streets/clubs of East London.
Once a month we had a Training evening.
A skilled human from outside came in and I, the Team Leader, became a peer in learning alongside my colleagues.
Having a strategic plan of how to take in - vital!
We all need to take in as well as give out.
I leave you with a quote - so undress your soul - here it comes::
"Everything depends on the lens you use.
Make your gaze beautiful. "
John O'Donohue
