Warm Up For Lent

Those of you looking forward to Shrove Tuesday and Lenten abstinence – there must be some of you out there – will be interested to hear that Greenbelt is hosting the launch of Andrew Rumsey's book of Lent readings "Strangely Warmed: Reflections on God, Life and Bric-a-Brac".

Andrew is Vicar of Christ Church Gipsy Hill. He's a Third Way contributor and a Ship Of Fools columnist. His book is a collection of daily pieces for the forty days of Lent, and is a wry and witty look at everyday aspects of the world that provoke questions of faith – the advertising slogan, the bus journey, the church jumble sale… "Strangely Warmed" aims to present serious doctrinal points in a lighthearted way, and to allow people to enjoy reflecting on faith.

And he's already amassed some fans… Ian Hislop has described the book as "witty, erudite, eloquent and thoughtful", and Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham has said it is "like Spike Milligan doing Thought For The Day".

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Here is Joy and Constance
Auntie Joy - two Sheilas.

They were all at Ann's today
gurgling over the new born
and clearing up the vomit
and changing the nappies.
All the fun of the baby fair!

Don't they both look great?

I like the idea below
about a Feelings Diary.

I have been journaling
for 30/40 years.
Only via d weblog
since 2003.

I always did late night reflections.
Often a SWOT analysis.
On the mission of the day.
Often on myself.
Usually the first question
I asked my self was
"How am I feeling?"

Feelings, when we can touch them,
give a doorway into the soul.
Also out of the soul -
the feelings can come out
from under wraps.

In the move I saved many of these recordings.
When I have time, there are books in there.
Scary stories. Struggles to understand
myself, fellow workers and young humans.

It is important to write.
If you are not - wow,
what a loss of experiences.
Writing, even if never shared,
is a fantastic way of working things out.
"The life which is unexamined is not worth living". - Plato (428-348? BC)

At school I thought writing was pointless.
'Pen-pushers' were laughed at in the industrial North.
St Helens Lancashire had MEN !
(deep voice at this moment!)
who worked down the pit
or worked in factories -
it was a factory for me until I was 26 years old.
(The last two years I worked in a posh factory,
Pilkingtons research Laboratory).

So consider -
writing?
Carry a little note book.
Note feelings.
Magical/mysterious/spiritual/magnetic
thoughts and feelings.
-or-
There are two ways to slide easily through life:
to believe everything
and to doubt everything.
Both ways save us from thinking.

"May you recognise in your life the presence,
power and light of your soul.
May you realize that you are never alone,
that your soul in its brightness and belonging
connects you intimately with the rhythm of the universe.
May you have respect for your own individuality and difference.
May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique,
that you have a special destiny here
that behind the facade of your life
there is something beautiful, good and eternal happening.

May you learn to see your self with the same delight,
pride and expectation with which God sees you in every moment."

John O´Donohue,
Anam Cara

Claudia my US friend from LA
suggests::
Interesting questions,
one thing.
You talk about a feeling dairy,
but have you thought of publishing an annual dairy that contains the blob people's images in it,
so that the writer has immediate and constant access to the tools they need to express themselves.
Maybe with inspirational messages
on the daily pages,
sort of a "you are beautiful"
constant reinforcement tool ..

I love it love it
want to do that
a 2011 diary
called::
Feelings Diary?
Pip Wisdom diary?
Pearls of Wilson diary?

What do you think?
good idea?
Would you buy it?
A print version?

Could an online diary be
integrated into iCal
with images and quotes??

Big Book of Blob Feelings

UK Price: £35.95 ISBN: 9780863887239 Order Code: 0025517W Status: Available & in print A special selection of photocopioable blob pictures designed for work on feelings. Arranged into four sections, the contents include: Blob Theory - Blob trees the id/ego/superego, needs, shadows | Emotions - anger, anger cycle, calm, depression, disappointed, happy, hate, hyper, jealousy, lonely, mixed-up, numb, paranoia, rejection, sad, trauma, worry | Developmental/issues - bridge, clouds, doors, feelings, holes, pit, pitch, stairs, families, home. Each picture is accompanied by ideas and questions to kick start class, group or one-to-one discussion. Complete book included on accompanying CD Rom.

Hey
These are the first three
GAMES books I published
- full of Games.
1 'Games without Frontiers'
2 'Pip Wilson's Spectacular stinking Rolling Magazine Book'**
3 'Family Party Games'
Sadly, they are all out of print.
(But this one **
is still available from me)

If I could type,
I would re-publish and
make them available
to you and the world.
They are unique and I know
many humans who regularly
pull them off the shelf and find an
appropriate game to meet their
objectives.

More than games
these books have
exercises,
communication games,
messy games,
stretching games,
spiritual games,
awareness games,
reality checking games,
group work games,
party games,
house-party games,
physical games,
observation games,
learning games,
educational games,
camp games,
teamwork games,
experiential games,
ice-breaker games,
end games,
games theory,
games process,
disability sensitive games,
loveology games
and of course more.

Why use games/Exercises?
For a start
'motion changes emotion'.
Get humans moving and doing
helps to break the ice
and can be great fun.

Games can create fertile ground.
Games can create a climate of trust.
Games can work a process,
starting with fertile ground,
and beyond fertile ground,
to assist the facilitator to deliver
great learning experiences
from which all can develop
awareness and skills.

Someone once asked me
to run a course on ice breaker games.
I refused.
These type of games
are the start of a process
not a place to reside!

Sensing your clientele,
audience, target group,
or training course is vital.
Knowing their needs and
moving them on is fundamental.
Having options in your back-pocket
is a fantastic way of delivering
a stream of activities to meet objectives.
But we all need a toolbox full -
in the back-pocket!

You may be able to pick one, or more,
of the books up on Amazon etc, second hand.

My letter head says::
Pip Wilson Author/Gamester/Facilitator/Group Worker/Trainer.

Game on ...............

A quote. A Pipturesque

Each person has his secret and mystery,
his particular journey,
his vocation to grow.
Certainly, many people never achieve full maturity,
but each can make a little progress
toward establishing his identity
and becoming open to others.
The important thing is not
that we should acheive human perfection -
- far from it -
- but that we should set out on the road toward it
through acts of openness and love,
kindness and communion.
Every person today,
in whatever situation he finds himself,
in his home or at work,
can perform such acts. "







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You are beautiful.