GRANDPARENTS

Today at our walking club, I got chatting to a recently retired couple. It was a real inspiration to be with them and to understand that they have embraced this opportunity to spend quality time with each other as well as time with their grandchildren. One of their goals for retirement was to get fit and walk together. This was exactly what they were doing and their enjoyment was palpable.

They lovingly described their family, their children, their grandchildren and the recent fun times spent together. Their gratitude at being able to share these special moments and to watch their grandchildren grow up was inspirational.

It's moments like these that remind us to enjoy every opportunity with loved ones - afterall our time with them may be limited. Retirement is a time to look forward to, it seems. So today, I resolve to try to cherish all moments, to step back and appreciate the small things in life, to enjoy others' enjoyment and to be thankful for my own life.

Thank you to this beautiful couple for their wisdom.

A TIME TO CONSIDER

A TIME TO CONSIDER

TIME, the enemy, a man-created rival.
Firmly entrenched as governor supreme in this world of today.

Yet, pace her, and she grants reprieve –
For us to award ourselves accolades; to relish our own accomplishments.

By her measure; we excel; we limit ourselves; we succeed.
At what point in history did she really take charge over the plans of God?

For Time has no patience, no regard for forgiveness.
To err is to be tarred forever with the sword of defeat.
Her forgiveness, she delegates to man.

Time has no place for a friend in need – only if planned to fit her own parameters.
Yet, in taking up arms to fight her war, the sun, in faithfulness, sets and rises.
Where man does not abide by the laws of the sun, his body, defeated, is unable to fight the war of Time.

The laws of Time are non-negotiable, so why do we credit her with being the ‘Great Healer’

Think about it – Time is not our ally!
She smiles at the tenacity of her disguise.

(CAM)

(A balanced life, paced beautifully with the rhythms of God, is the only way…)

THE TEACHER

THE TEACHER

To lift a child up; to make the load lighter.

To grant a skill; to make a future brighter -

The teacher, patiently, shares all she knows,

Planting a seed, she knows later grows.

Always searching the good; nurturing a skill.

The potential of the child she knows so well.

Meticulously, carefully, day by day,

She'll mold the child's future in a really special way.

In flippant gratitude, the child will smile,

For understanding comes later; her potential worthwhile.

The teacher's prize; only the future will tell,

When her pupil becomes 'teacher', her work is done well!

(CAM)