4Ü #303
The older I get the more clearly I perceive
22 November 2007
- WASSUP - The older I get the more clearly I perceive
- INSIGHT OUT - Amazement
- OUTSIGHT IN - Good moods, Good work
- SEE YA SUNDAY - Simplicity - the answer to complexity
- LAST WORD - The danger of knowing too much
WASSUP - The older I get the more clearly I perceive
The older I get the more clearly I perceive the dignity and winning beauty of simplicity in thought, conduct, and speech: a desire to simplify all that is complicated and to treat everything with the greatest naturalness and clarity.
Pope John XXIII
Simplicity is beauty
The older I get the more beauty I want to see
Simply beautiful
What about you?
Andrew
INSIGHT OUT - Amazement
There are four things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
Proverbs 30:18-19
I love this passage!
It teaches me to stop trying to figure everything out and to enjoy what just is!
You see, there is a type of knowledge that is not seeking for understanding but rather power and control. If I can know it, I then have power over it. But some things are not to be controlled; they are for our amazement.
There are four things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the morning song of the bell bird, the depth of love birthed in pain, the way of a 747 in the sky, and the grasp of a baby's hand.
God help us to live slowly
To move simply
To look softly
To allow emptiness
To let the heart create for usAmen
Leunig
OUTSIGHT IN - Good moods, Good work
A good mood is essential for a team to function effectively. It is crucial for a leader to foster positive working relationships because emotional conflicts in a group can hamper a team's performance.
A study of CEOs from Fortune 500 companies revealed that positive overall mood of top management people leads to better cooperation and better business performance. This argument takes the view that it is top management that creates the conditions for workers to work well.
By: Regine P. Azurin and Yvette Pantilla
http://www.bizsum.com/freearticle.htm
What's the mood of your work place at the moment?
Who sets the mood?
While everyone is an expert at pointing the finger at the boss as the key mood setter, what if everyone took responsibility for the mood in your organization. The first task everyday, before the send and receive button is checked, is to check your attitudinal mood.
If it is toxic you have a problem, you need to change yourself or your work. You may not be safe to yourself or the people you work with.
If it is "blue" try saying "thank you" five times to others in the next five minutes.
You become a mood setter in your workplace.
SEE YA SUNDAY - Simplicity - the answer to complexity
It's the time of the year when we all try to squeeze just that bit more out of ourselves in the rush to what we call Christmas. This year I've started a campaign called Saving Christmas, not that I think that I can save Christmas but that Christmas could possibly save me.
Will you join me? Over the next weeks do something counter culture; step out of the rat race and become a voice of one. Allow Christmas to save you!
- Simplicity - the answer to complexity - this week @ 8.30 & 10.30
- Hospitality - the cure for loneliness
- Generosity - the gift that never ends
CANVAS - This Sunday evening with Matt & the crew at 6.30pm in the foyer.
Can't wait ... see ya Sunday
Thanks for this time to chat.
Andrew
St Columba
Where Life and Faith Meet
andrew.norton@stcolumba.org.nz
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LAST WORD - The danger of knowing too much
To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer