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Maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I, of these stories of who we are and where we have come from and the people we have met along the way because it is precisely through these stories in all their particularity . . . that God makes himself known to each of us most powerfully and personally.”
Frederick Buechner (Telling Secrets , 1991)

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“In everyone’s life, at sometime, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle our inner spirit.”

(Albert Schweitzer)
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Life is like a box of chocolates


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I always get the ones with NUTS!!!!

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BEEF ON THE BONE IS BACK
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You may have got the message that I am a Rugby League supporter and one particular team called 'the saints' from my home town which I left some 30 years ago.

Having knocked out the world Champs ...... a big thrashing we gave them ...... Bradford Bulls, there is some draw news for the next round (to be played when I am in Ireland for a week-end ...............stink)

Can you imagine a team drawing an opposition which is devistatingly good and will be top of the super league I guess ......... well the draw has been done and the worst has happened ....... the biggest team rather than many others left in the draw ........ YES .......' Leeds' have drawn The Saints, devistatingly good team ................. so I send my regrets to them.
The Challenge Cup awaits us ....................

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..................... two hours in the vets today with Zig and that included two injections and antibiotics ...... cat shaped.
He started to eat soon after and as the Vet said, the pain killer helps with this.
It seems it was an infected wound from a cat scrap with the locals ....... poor zig.
Was really worried but not now.
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Feelings ……. Often start like this don’t I ………………… every group I lead has a different climate and a different membership and …….. EVERYTHING is different.
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(Old regular blog clickers ignore this ……. I work and specialize in working with groups of mainly young adults with special needs. I work with them with a wholistic aim …… to aid their development in body mind and spirit …….. I facilitate a learning process which is dynamic and not not not predictable. And I love it. And I love them …… hmmmm)
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There is preciousness in every moment and also hurt. I am sensitive to the vibes and the comments and I want to be like that. It is a chosen route. It is a desire. I want to feel this stuff……… Incarnation.

Most recent group is full of life and a team of people entering with a few drinks inside did change the environment.
There was little commitment to opening up . Different from yesterweek. Different is the word I keep using eh?
Amongst the group is someone who does not respect me. Loads of abnoxious attitude and I think …………… #an abnoixious person is a hurting perso# so I swich from “I really don’t like this human” to “I don’t like the behaviour of this person – but I will love the person even though I have this distaste about the behaviour”.

I am thinking, evaluating, sussing the situation now, right now. This is why I blog …………………. To express my soul and work it out ……… becoming ……………… incarnation.

I cannot suss the person just mentioned.
I see a superficiality and a big front of fun.
Maybe there is no other skill in life skills terms.
Maybe there is no sensitivity other basic individual pleasure.
I suss a basic mistrust and ice skating approach to anyone older.

My thoughts are now about what my strategy is to help that person burst the balloon around their emotions and see beyond the bubble. A big help is that there are so many others around who respect me and, despite my weaknesses on vivid show, have some sort of positive dynamic exchange with me. We are not peers. We are not friends. But there is a love there …….. levels and smatterings and gushes but ……….. it is love I believe ……… in the depth of shalom kind a love.

So the things on my feelings agenda
1 influences of alcohol by a dominant sub-group
2 one person in the superficiality/obnoxious behaviour department
3 feeling a feeling of failure(knowing that this is ok but I need to admit it)
4 you are very very nice people

I feel better now in a matter of minutes because I have turned the feelings and the group work scenario over.

Love that will not let me go
Love that will not let me go
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

I think I am going to hate this Mel Gibson film about Jesus. ( 28th march in UK)
Good Friday cracks me up as I journey again through that pain. I do it and feel it. I want to feel it and live through it BUT …… I don’t know if I can watch it on a 60 foot screen in the west end of London.

“Nothing ever comes without some kind of fight, we've got to kick the darkness untill it bleeds daylight.”
Bono U2 …………….. nicked from Bruce Cockburn
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got the Greenbelt e news letter last night and this is the lead quote.
You can get your regular copy by going to
www.greenbelt.org.uk
here is the quote


"I don't want the Third World to become the Fourth World any more
than anybody else does. That's the one thing about when you
actually visit a place where there is immense poverty: you see the
reasons why, and it makes you angry. Because it's just going to
come back and haunt America and haunt England if they - if we -
don't do something about it. This is tremendously clichéd stuff.
But unfortunately it's all true."
- Chris Martin, Coldplay
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I am angry myself and want to be

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God's country as U2 and Charlie would say ..................
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.........was there yesterday and will be back there in two weeks for a week-ends training and fun with a group of future leaders in North Down.
My man Ivor gave me a big going over and introduced me to the town and housing estate scene.
The worst thing was having to allow extra time to go one stop down the M25 and up the M11 to stansted in the rush hour. I was there two hours before the flight and would have rather stayed in zedzz. I will tell you more as things move on.

The Greenbelt week-end was hanging out with keen Angels and relaxing methinks. I was among some great people I know and love and others I would like to. Also did a workshop and a closing session.If you look here by pasting this in your browser you will read a bit from a great clicker Paul Angel. Wish I could post blog pix. Took some good ones yesterday in Ireland and you would feel the scene with me if I could. Anyway, click dis.
http://pab.angellane.org/

I had a workshop at the w/e and with a list with 12 signature spaces . ..... I had thirty names . 27 turned up for this one hour 'road less travelled' mini life management course. Impossible task me thinks. I decided to do that because I sussed the need. That was right but don't feel ok about the session. Don't know why, not had time yet to evaluate, but it did not work as I would like and planned. 27 people for hour! Experiential! About feelings and assertiveness and .............. "you are very very nice people" but it did not work too well.

The last hour of the conference was with the whole conference in a tiny space. 150 people doing 'vote with your feet' and reflecting back about the conference. I enjoyed it but am critical of myself re a couple of sensitivity moments. I enjoyed the buzz of people interacting. We touched on the ....
If God is a DJ
life is the dance floor
............. 150 people in stretch about this. Much better than talking about first century figs/sheep/and other cultural stuff from ancient times.

The music was good over the w/e and two excellent comedians. Kathy Burton was their with here talent guitar and keys. Last time I saw her she was on main-stage at Greenbelt with 100k watts of sound. Love it.

Big thing today ...... Zig is not his self. Crying last night and not left his bed this morning soooooo ............. I will have to get him to the vets. Worried.

stay beautiful but go for more.

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I have posted twice and they have not jumped up for you yet??

puzzledpip

bhp

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In Ireland all day today so will have to speak later

Lots to say
want to say
feelings and stuff

beef on the bone is back

bhp

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