The only thing thats real...

One evening at a Governors meeting I heard my childrens teacher might be leaving the school. As she was also my companion sunday school teacher I rang to enquire if things were okay. During this conversation wherein we called each other friend, I said I needed a word with her anyway regarding another difficult matter, she said "just spit it out, always the best way", she lied.

I'd not pick up that phone if I had the chance again.

 

Maybe not intentionaly but thats the way it felt.

A fascination for me also but you are a well educated gent whereas I'm not, your strong statements can be intimidating.

Spoilt it now, sarcasm was not necessary, put out your hand and as I go to reach for it, pull it away.

 

I don't think he was being sarcastic. Always so much harder to tell when you're reading words off a screen though, the source of far too many misunderstandings....

 

If you don't mind my asking, what did you end up spitting out?

 

Something I shouldn't of, she hasn't spoke to me for 3 years because of it.

 

Well if one wanted to be sarcastic what would be the question one would use then ?
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Sheesh. Good natured humour yes, sarcasm no. Perhaps I best just stop posting in your thread

 

It is always very difficult to go for good natured humour once one has upset someone, without the body language it is practicaly impossible to read it as such, you would have to be long standing friends with a history of verbal banter for that to succeed.
I've calmed down a touch.

 

what do you see as your greatest achievement in life? (i'm going to disqualify the answer "my kids" cos that's a typical parental answer ... so other than your kids, what's your greatest achievement in life?)

is there one thing in particular that you have never done that you have always wanted to do?

 

I come from a poor working class family and I believe because of that environment I never placed any goals on myself. Simple matters were the important ones.

I do recall conversations with college friend wherein they would place ideas of becoming managers of businesses etc. and i would dumbfound them by stating I was happy to recieve whatever was placed in my lap.

With a stronger drive perhaps I would of observed more, or earned more, but neither of those things exist as a regret in any way shape or form.

The greatest achievement in life imho is contentment, which I did hold for many years.

My mind requires no more from my existence than other than what is.
My heart, treacherous thing, is another matter.

 

Is it better to have loved and lost?

 

rather than to of not loved at all ?

I would call it unnecessary I suppose, sure the spirit is broadened, the sense of self is enlarged, understandings are obtained but the cost is too much for my humble requirements.

Contentment is a noble enough goal for me.

 

Is there anything apart from family you would die for? Is there anything you would kill for?

 

I would have the desire to prove my humanity by declaring I could find a situation in which I would forfeit my life for another or others, but nothing specific I could declare.

Kill for a cuppa.

 

How was your trip?

 

Are you sure that christianity is asking them to see beyond their own ego, or is it asking them to sacrifice their ego and to accept their truth beyond reason,to accept a lie without question? Isn't the hardest thing to accept about christianity the fact that it asks you to sacrifice your self control, and your ambition in favour of the churches vision and moral ambition

 

What my Jaunt to Aylesbury on Wednesday, business and as its an internal meeting a waste of my time and energies really, but they do like to think its team building. You couldn't build me into a team in a month of sundays, but will they listen, no ?

Down to Dorchester thursday afternoon, day at the office then home Friday eve. Used to charging about really, have my 5GB player connected, sounds on, do a journey, though my left leg is starting to complain nowadays.

 

It would make no difference to me which religion was teaching its faith to my children. It just happens to be Christianity in my local.

I am perfectly aware of the requirements of faith, but at the same time also aware that my children will drop their early pretenses of faith. I require my offspring have the ability to discuss some philosophy with me rather than just dismiss it, simple as that really. I was also offered the opportunity to become the teacher of God so jumped at the chance to have that authority as well.

I no longer teach and my youngest is spending her last few sunday visits before she leaves, then it will all be past tense. We are not Christians but will of an occaision be happy to sing at a service, and we do sing.

 

Hehehe, I read that as "it just happens Christianity is my local". It reminded me of the Blake poem:

"[size=+1]But, if at the Church they would give us some ale,
And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,
We'd sing and we'd pray all the livelong day,
Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray."

Oh if churches were ale houses....
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I think you might find a lot of them are.