It's November! Time passes fast.

Well it's been a fast year hasn't it? In fact it's been the fastest year of my life. So they say, that time accelerates as you get older. Remember when you were 5. A year was a long time. In fact 20% of your life.
So that's my theory.

A year represents a smaller and smaller portion of your life as you get older, so it seems time passes faster. What's another year, when you're 85? It's the same as 3 weeks when you are 5! You get the picture.

So cherish the moments.

Recently I found out that someone I know is very sick with cancer. She is around our age. It was a shock to say the least. So as I continue to pray for a miracle for her, it dawns on me, the corny but real truth, that we should live everyday like it's our last (or our first), filled with eagerness and wonder, because time is a precious gift indeed.

Incremental Exponentialism

OK. It's a bit random, but I've had a lot of time to think lately! You know how if you leave your credit card debt unpaid it seems to grow like wildfire? Well that's incremental exponentialism, also known in financial circles as compound interest. I've started to apply the 'tortoise' rule rather than the 'hare'. Everyday, I'm hoping to add positive inputs in 'increments'. There's always time to pray for 5 hours, but everyday, I make sure I read the word and pray to God. I have a shower every morning, and put clothes on before I leave the house, so why wouldn't I commune with my Lord before I set off for the day that he has made? So everyday, I take incremental actions, sometimes towards a goal, but mostly just because I enjoy it. Actions of faith, of compassion. Sowing everyday. Just like compound interest, a lifetime of positive godly increments starts to accelerate, steepen, and in the long run, at the end of our journey, we will be shocked at where we find ourselves. Incremental exponentialism. Works for me.

Pot-luck Dinner

Well, it was good night. A good feed at least. It was a Chicken fiesta: parmigiana, caramel a la bill granger, roast, caesar, kebabs and much much more. We have such a great diversity of careers and interests, and such great families. It's so encouraging to me that we all endeavour to live lives that are beyond the four walls in which we exist.

October 3, 2006: Connecting in the School Holidays

Ah. School holidays.....wait a minute! Children at home for two straight weeks! Our group is catching up tonight for an informal pot-luck dinner. After an idyllic 3 day weekend, and a slew of footie finals, it will be good to see how all the families are holding up.