Questions asked, answers given, meetings arranged and meetings attended. People talking in person and people talking in email, phone calls, mobile calls, answerphone messages. Talk, talk, talk. Noise. It reaches a crescendo at certain times of the day and then quietens only for the volume to be raised a little later. There is a lot [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Lentement #6
Posted in Lentement on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lentement #5
Posted in Lentement on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The challenge of my lent challenge is now clear as I didn’t manage to write a lentement for yesterday. That said I did manage to fit a few moments of lentement into my day. One of which I have written about today. When I arrive at work on a Monday, I am focused. I am [...]
Lentement #4
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m working today. Unusual for me. However today I am delivering a workshop at youth work conference. People to talk to. Final preparation to do for the workshop. Emails to catch up on. Working on Saturday is not ideal for lentement, but there you go. Sometimes it happens.
Lentement #3
Posted in Lentement on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the days are ‘one thing after another’. Today is one of those days. These are the sort of days when to be honest trying to fit a little lentement into my day is hard, frustrating even. Probably a day when just a little will be important then. I have just finished leading a workshop [...]
Lentement #2
Posted in Lentement on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I go pretty much the same way to work every day when I drive, which is most days. Same route Same time Same roads Same views Sometimes even the same cars. In fact even as I write I can recall the grey Hyundai i10 that I pass at roughly the same time going in the [...]
Lentement #1
Posted in Lentement on February 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When I go for a run (I am currently training for the Bath Half Marathon) I stretch, I warm up, I visualise the route I will take. This warm up, this moment of lentement not only prepares me physically but also mentally for the challenge I am about to embark on. What about my day [...]
Lentement
Posted in Lentement on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lent, just what is it all about? Fasting. 40 days. Penance. Preparation. A time to reflect. As I understand it, it is all of the above. However that is as I understand it and my understanding of lent has always been a bit… well limited. I have not grown up within the established church where [...]
