catch!

I apologised to a Jehovah's Witness I was walking with the other day as I felt she had been offended by my choice of words. I'd asked if they were catching folk as they came along the park and she thought I was being critical. Words can mean different things to different folk. I use the word "catch" a lot - I love to catch up with folk, it is something about getting a bit of someone's attention - I see that as a positive not negative thing. I have much loved friends who catch me when I'm falling and their gentle support stops me hitting the ground at speed.

I'm back at work properly tomorrow. Today I feel is a gearing back up day. One child still off, I'm still in my pjs, slowly but steadily working my way through my to do list/ emails I starred over the holiday so I wouldn't forget to deal with them. I went to sleep far too late last night, enraptured by my novel that I just didn't want to put down. Tempted to pick it up now as I'm still half on holiday - but then will I get anything else done at all???

Eclectic blog this morning! Just read and like this :)

Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not a waiting passivity until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand. - Henri Nouwen