positive

I didn’t see much of the London Marathon yesterday as I was at church but I did listen to some of the coverage on the radio as I was driving there. I was struck, yet again, but the amazing capacity people have for hope, for good and for generosity. People who don’t run wake up Read More …

A week off

I’ve been on holiday. I had a week off and lots of plans with the small boys for an action packed week. It all began well with a trip to Fir Park to see Motherwell v Leeds United on Saturday and big plans for the week ahead. The action was curtailed somewhat by a sore Read More …

always available

My name is Stewart and I have a problem. Over at We Live Simply Jonathan is thinking about ‘downtime’. His thoughts really made me think. We probably all have a sense that we are more available than we used to be.  The mobile phone sorted that out.  But the smart phone has taken our availability Read More …

could do better

Sorry I’ve not posted for a while.  If I were being graded I might get a ‘could do better’. But then ‘could do better’ is an odd thing to say because we can always do better.  What it really means is ‘I think you’re not trying hard enough’ or ‘you haven’t lived up to my Read More …

I will…

I’m not big on resolutions.  I’m not sure they serve much purpose, especially when they are things we don’t really intend to do or stick to for long.  So, instead I’m going to set some personal goals for the year.  I have a forward plan for my work so these goals are just for me. Read More …