Explain the pros and cons of procrastination.Such state seems to cause some consternationFor those who are anxious to see some actionAnd who want to see their work get some traction Pros allow time for proper discernmentShifting some tasks to a sound defermentPreventing the job from decisions rashThus changing the design into so much trash ConsContinue reading “Wait a while”
Author Archives: wonderingpilgrim
Voice
Two days ago I was asked to write about how a song spoke to me. I am compelled to add another, that just came to my notice. It is a perfect foil to the whipped-up debate that is marring and confusing preparation for the referendum on the long-awaited Voice to Parliament. What better statement andContinue reading “Voice”
Tongues of Angels
Bloganuary asks “What language do you wish you could speak?” Having dabbled in Latin, Koine Greek, French and a smattering of Hebrew and Arabic – even a light touch of Shona, Ndebele and Hindi, (and some of our own local indigenous words – Nungyar.) I rather wish I was better acquainted with my own language (theContinue reading “Tongues of Angels”
Music that takes us Beyond
Bloganuary invites us to write about a song or poem that speaks to us: I heard this on ABC Classic about six months ago. It has haunted me ever since – in a restful, peaceful manner. It is not an earworm like those that occasionally cling to my consciousness from my range of otherwise eclecticContinue reading “Music that takes us Beyond”
To Be
And so they ask “How do you show love?” Is this question academic or particular?Foundational or extracurricular?This was an issue of struggle for meUntil I discovered the answer “To Be!” Full “being” creates a hospitable spaceFor others to flourish and discover their paceI find inspiration from a living slain LambThe one who’s amongst us asContinue reading “To Be”
Shrinking Pinocchio’s Nose
Bloganuary asks “What’s a lie you tell yourself?” Old taunting voices have been gagged into silenceNo longer do they hold me in utter reliance“You’re feeble, not smart, you don’t cut the mustard,Look at you now – you’re getting all flustered!” I ceded them rightness for some little while‘Til following a Way helped develop my styleSo thoseContinue reading “Shrinking Pinocchio’s Nose”
Retiring a Marriage Celebrant’s Licence
Today I voluntarily surrendered my licence to celebrate marriages. It’s part of “incremental retirement,” I suppose, but I prefer to see it as part of “a changing shape of vocation.” So why now? My last wedding was four years ago. Since then, administrative changes, including the advent of online form filling and streamlining legal obligations,Continue reading “Retiring a Marriage Celebrant’s Licence”
Clown
Bloganuary poses “What was your dream job as a child?” The railway line to Grange ran past the end of our streetEach time I heard the whistle, my heart did skip a beatNo matter steam or diesel as the changes went aheadEngine Driver was the job of how I would make my bread. Then there wasContinue reading “Clown”
A Dickens of a time
Bloganuary queries “Who is your favourite author and why?” I have many favourites, but I’m going to land on one that set the path to becoming a bibliophile – Charles Dickens. Great Expectations was the text our Year 8 English Teacher had set. I quickly found myself engaged with the dark and menacing opening, the eerieContinue reading “A Dickens of a time”
No itch to scratch here
Bloganuary asks “What irritates you about the home you live in?” Let me echo a known politician:“I reject the premise of your question.”Our home is bathed in gratitudeAnd to say such carries no platitude. Homelessness is on the rise in our cityDue to rent-stress and evictions sans pityFriends and neighbours have sufferedAnd remain under this crisisContinue reading “No itch to scratch here”
Wondering Pilgrim 