15.4.2020.
Today, some close friends from university and I discussed the causes of the outbreak.
I believe it’s not so much about focusing on the cause as it is how one applies wisdom in going forward.
There’s nothing that can be done apart from obedience to NHS’ advice; that much is certain.
But what can we learn from a situation that is for the most part an uncontrollable, unfair, chaotic event in our history?
None of us lay-people could have foreseen this; the queues for supermarkets with tape to confirm the two-metre spacing; the crazy panic-buying; the new ‘fashion’ of face masks and blue latex gloves…
What can a person learn from this to move forward?
I continue to look to God and keep it simple by following what He instructs me to do.
(20) The best date of my life
2003 – 2004. Age Twenty.
During this year–a gap year between university and school–I had the best date of my life with a girl from Spain.
Nothing has ever topped this date and I know why.
It was the emotion and thought of exclusivity.
Although it likely wasn’t true love or exclusivity, at the time, it was the closest thing I’ve felt to ‘love.’
It still is to this day…*sigh*.
After working in retail for two years, it was also the year where I would be employed in my first office job (June 2004 – Sept 2004) and start University (October 2004).
My first office job relished a common trend I’d experienced in any institution I’d been part of.
I endured office-bullying.
Being adults, office-bullying was different from my times in school. It was even more cunning and biting.
It certainly left me with wounds, so much so that when I saw the UK Office comedy TV series for the first time, it was likely I triggered a mild form of PTSD!
I hated the show despite how unbelievably funny I’ve come to find it in later years.
But, the main point of this particular year?
I’d finally made it.
The dream was so close because in Oct 2004, I entered the University of Southampton to study English!
I was going to meet the woman of my dreams! 😁
Message from Jesus – “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away…”
Message from the World – “Do everything you can to be happy, or else you’ll regret it.”
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