Belonging

As time goes by I realise how important it is to feel that one ‘belongs’ or is ‘part of’. Of course the most important unit to belong to is ones family. Then, I suppose come ones ‘urban family’ as Bridget Jones calls it, a group of close friends, then other organisations: a religious group, an ideological group, your work place and so the list can go on and on.

A human being has a yearning to be part of. To feel that he/she is contributing to. To feel that he/she can be supported by. If you read about people who have been taken from, never known their biological relations so often these people at some time in their lives have a need to get to know the other people that they are related to often even if only to know that they exist.

Christmas and all that stuff

Christmas has come around again and once again it is that mad flurry of spending of gifts, food and drink and in fact we all seem to forget the real meaning of Christmas: The celebration of the birth of a child 2009 and all the dogma that has gone with it over the years. 

It's not that I don't like Chirstmas, I do, and it is good to have some time off work so that we can see and be with those we love, it is just the orgy around the period that gets me down a little, the overindulgense which, I should think that the founder of the Christian faith would probably frown on!!


I would rather be celebrating the Yule, the 20/21 December, the time of the year  when the days start to grow longer and the nights shorter. Lisht is returning, bringing a new life and hope to the land.


HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

What a laugh!!

Well, you either have to laugh or cry and I must admit that I prefer to laugh. It is now nearly 5pm and I have been teaching in front of my students since 8am this morning and look:

 It is getting a little colder and I have only just felt and seen that I have been walking around in front of my classes and colleagues with an enormous hole in my trousers and nobody has said anything at all!!!!