I was on the end of the Central line this morning.Two hours going under - underground London.
The Tube.
I was on one side of the carriage facing a west Indian woman, a woman wearing a hi-jab, a mixed race well dressed woman and a business suited man.
A Tube Train cleaner entered the train and sat on my side.
Bright yellow logo-filled top.
She carried a big bag of waste paper - typical train-waste.
She slumped her large frame on the seat and dropped her head on her chest.
We all looked.
The suitman passed over a bag of rubbish from his side of the carriage
and she said nothing,
did nothing,
just pointed to the floor of the carriage.
Four pairs of eyes gripped the cleaner woman.
Mouths almost dropped.
She pulled out her mobile phone
dropped her head
ignored the assembled throng.
She had toothache.
She had toothache.
What do you think about when you have toothache?
Yes - toothache.
She had toothache.
There was something on her mind,
squeezing her soul,
which was more important,
more painful -
than a bag of rubbish and the spectators in the carriage.
I meet and work with so many humans who have toothache.
So often we have an agenda with them.
Yet the main thing to them is::
the toothache!
It seems to me that we need to work on the toothache
first.
The rest of the agenda - let it wait.
Loving a human is always starting where they are at.
You will meet humans in your life who will have toothache.
First is to have the awareness.
Then the love,
which is triggered by awareness,
and passion,
and compassion.
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Today I sent out my monthly eNews Mind Jogger to all the Staff.
This is the YMCA who dare to employ me - I rejoice in it.
This is what I said::
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Hi and hello from Wilson Mansions.
This is a monthly reminder of my existence as a resource to you.
I have just returned from a week working in Norway. I was at a College like 'Fame' - remember the movie
"Fame - I'm gonna live forever ….." ?
The YMCA in Norway run such 'Folk High Schools' where young humans leaving school can chose to spend a year doing dance, music, theatre, skiing, international journeys and all things personal development.
I think they do what we aim to do too. Create opportunities for human growth and development. Support and encouragement to young humans to enable them to become all that they can be.
Our context is different - as are the unique humans we work with - just as we are, ourselves, all different.
Thank you for all you daily work, as with breathing, you do these extraordinary things …... "We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love." Jean Vanier
Please contact me if I can facilitate something for you::
1 A one-to-one confidential chat.
2 A little input to your Team meeting.
4 A Team Building Session.
5 A Staff Day/24 hours Training event
6 A department programme or strategic planning day …….. Or anything else I can help you with.
I am:: pip at da de da at pipwilson dot de dot com (my real email ad was here)
Or by Mobile anytime:: 077 00 000 435
You can also read my daily reflections on life at:: www.pipwilson.com
Click the 'BLOG' button for a daily opportunity to refresh your irritation because
"Growth does not reside in a place called comfortable".
I will leave you now - but remember to plan for the September term and book me as soon as you can. I want to be alongside you as you do all that great breathing and becoming ……………..
I leave you, hope to see you soon, with a most wondrous quote::
Pip Wilson
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I had two responses before I turned off the computer .......... and I love it love it ....
