Away for the weekend
27/03/09
I am away this weekend at someoen else's expense! Ryan Mitchell and I are going to meet with a group of young adults from the Diocese of Kilmore (loosely Sligo and surrounding district). You would think i would be happy about thsi. I am partly and i know that by lunchtime tomorrow we all be mates and having a great time in the hotel swimming pool/bar/restaurant...
But I am equally filled with dis-ease. What will they be like? Will they like me? Is the stuff I am preparing at all relevant? Will I put on weight? Will it cost me money?
As I look back over my working life, which is nearly thirty years, some of the happiest times were on the bin lorries, washing cars, and as a postman. Something gloriously satisfying about doing something that has immediate results and carries little responsibility.
I remember the woman who ran out of her house just after i had delivered a Christmas card. She was so excitied and grateful. Apparently it was from her son in Canada and she had been waiting and watching every day for this one card. I was the deliverer. You would have thought I had been to Canada to pick it up. Oh, happy day!
All I want to do this weekend is deliver a card to someone, anyone - someone who has been waiting and watching.
Comments:
Hi Adrian. Just to say I am part of a group of five which feels like we could be the start of a tiny well in County Roscommon. We share our lives, explore our differences and pray together. Would be interested in meeting up with other wells nearby. Love to hear from you at eapireland@hotmail.com
Posted by: Mike de Jong on 30/03/2009 at 22:07