Its not the first time that I have been ‘inspired’ to post something in the blog as result of an idea planted in my head by the theme of a service at church. The last one was all about making mistakes – this time I am thinking about the way we deal with “Triumph and
George McConnell
Just Trying To Keep Up
Social media is an evolving beast – I think that I have expressed previously my thoughts that we are all still very much in the learning curve when it comes to understanding the effect that it has on all parts of our lives. This means that there is no deep seated set of behaviours that everyone would agree as “acceptable” and that, in turn, leads to many making mistakes.
Overcoming Adversity
I have previously written quite a lot about the effect of music on my emotions – specifically that “tingle factor” that appears at times and places that bring back memories – good or bad. Another thing that is guaranteed to stir my emotions is anything where people are “overachieving” – the underdog coming through to win – the great champion smashing his own record – the “mere mortal” achieving something outstanding.
On Being Misunderstood
Actually – it would be more accurate to say that I was NOT understood rather than I was MISunderstood!! However, the former more often than not leads to the latter. It has happened twice today already – actually probably more than that as those are just the ones that I KNOW about!!
Drama With A Hefty Dose of Reality
Whenever something dramatic happens there is a (very natural) tendency to treat it as “all bad” or “all good” – a mistake surely as it is extremely rare that any event hits either of those extremes, even more so when the event is far reaching either by dint of the number of people affected or due to the length of time involved. Rather there will be a mixture of good consequences and bad ones – all of which need to be taken account of to determine whether the event was beneficial or detrimental in the long term to the wider community.
Are You Happy With Your Profile Picture?
On social media, is your profile picture how you see yourself or how you want others to see you?
Entanglement
This blog is predicated on the foundation that I don’t know everything. That – I am sure everyone who knows me will agree – is a not unreasonable starting point. 😉 Sometimes it surprises me just how much is included in the not known bucket – then I think – what about all the rest that I haven’t yet realised I don’t know – and that makes me slightly more comfortable with having such a big list of things I don’t know – it is dwarved by the (likely) list of things I don’t know that I don’t know!!!
Opening Up
Going back through my blog posts I guess there are many different sorts of trigger – things which spark some sort of idea in my mind that leads to some sort of outpouring here. Often, I guess, the result is quite out of proportion to the cause – many times the trigger takes me off at quite a tangent.
We Are What We Are
I received an email the other day that widened my thinking on the subject of “we are what we are”. Previous blog entries have already delved a bit into my thoughts about there being no room for any consideration of going back and “changing history” by making different decisions the second time around. This email added a new “dimension” to this issue.
A Modicum Of Doubt
Many say it is of vital importance to hold true to your beliefs. Belief is a concept that is central to “being human”. I would like to suggest that it is more important to have doubts. That Doubt is not so much central to “being” as to “becoming”.