OK, so I got sick again, I kid you not... My Lent resolution continues to be a challenge, although I have to admit not this is not just 'cos of a couple more sick days. Still, as I am on the up this afternoon, I have had a look at the diary and am seriously considering taking a full day out at the end of the month to actually do it - fast and pray. Not totally committed to this yet but hoping that by making it public, this might help push me along.
I've also decided not to be so whiny about having been ill again. When I stop and think about it, I realise I'm in a privileged position to be able to take sick days, to face the very dilemma of whether to go to work today or wait 'til tomorrow. And when I think beyond the privilege of living in a place where the social system allows me to stay home and get better, I realise how much more of a luxury it is to want to be back at work.
E.g. In the past weeks, I've represented TWR at two very different conferences. Having said that, they had one thing in common: at both places I was surrounded by Christians from rather different backgrounds to mine. And at both I found myself thinking: 'Am I really getting paid for this? Is it really part of my job, to learn so much from these people... to be challenged to think about things in a new light... to be encouraged by the individuals I meet here.'
I honestly feel really blessed to have the job I do now. Despite so often falling into the trap of worrying about what will happen later this year, I feel I'm in the right place now. That is such a luxury, such a blessing, and I would like to remember this more often.
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