Hi Ho, Hi Ho...: 30/08/2011
 Let's get this straight. I'm a lucky man; if you believe in luck that is. Not only do I have the best wife and kids, friends and house I have a stonking job. Considering the fact that I left school with next to nothing I am very, very privileged to be doing what I do. It you don't know what I do, I work for a large group of Housing Associations called WM Housing. But as convinced as I am of how privileged I am, it doesn't stop me wondering at times what life would be like if we didn't have to work... The last 4 weeks for me have given a taste of life away from work. I've had 2 weeks holidays and a few days off too and life has just felt SO GOOD - a bit like a breath of fresh air - one that leaves you thinking 'is this not what I was created for?'. I'm not talking about doing nothing all day and being a lazy git. I'm talking about spending time with family, your wife, climbing mountains, time with friends and exploring this glorious island (well Wales anyway). Was I really made to work 60 odd hours a week, trapse round the Midlands on trains and dip in and out of degrees of stress??? Was I really created to come to work aftre a week off to just over 200 e mails and piles of work?? Well as I ponder these things, wondering how things could be, I return time and again to what I said in the first paragraph. I'm grateful for work, for what I earn and for what it provides. I'm grateful to be working in an organisation serving up to 100,000 people with housing and support across the region. I'm grateful to be working with people who care about me and my family - really care. So although life would be good living as if I'm on holiday all the time, until I reach retirement (probably 80 odd at the rate we are going!!), this is my lot, and I'm grateful for it. 2 Comments | About the blogger:
Dave started blogging when, as a family, we went to live in India for 3.5 months in '08. You'll find out all about that story by going to our old blog here.
Dave overdid it a bit on the old blog in India with posts going up most days, so since returning to the UK, he has taken a bit of a break but feels now it's time to blog again! (July '09). Blogging is a weird thing and a bit voyeristic at times (!) so why do it? Surely life blogging in the UK will never be as exciting for people as it was in India? Well, the main reason for beginning to blog again is that we are pretty naff at the normal kind of communication! We have a number of good friends that do not live in the UK too and this is just one way we feel we can touch base with them. Feedback is that they are happy (ish) with that too! The final good reason for starting again is that the one person who has hassled me back to blogging is my older brother in China who runs a great blog about his bizzare life in China which you can view here. I guess if I am honest it's him I have in my mind when I blog so, for his sake (as I know he will read it!), if for no one elses...here goes.... Dave ;-) Categories:All ArchivesJanuary 2012 Life mantra:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought. |
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